AAP supports petition for TRO to stop new license plates program

The Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) expressed its support for the petition of two House of Representatives members asking the Supreme Court to stop the controversial P3.8-billion car plates standardization program of the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

Reps. Jonathan de la Cruz of Abakada party-list and Gus Tambunting of the Second District of Paranaque City claimed in a 54-page petition that officials of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) adopted a Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP)-like arrangement in the procurement of new plates under the Motor Vehicle License Plate Standardization Program (MVLPSP).