LTO chief faces complaint over ‘no show' car registration

A complaint was lodged against Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Vigor Mendoza II for allegedly propagating “no-shows” in LTO sites. 

The complaint was filed before the Department of Transportation by road safety advocate Martin Nico De Los Angeles. 

“As a road safety advocate, I have been hearing complaints that since the extension of use of LTO IT system, the “no appearance” became more rampant wherein motor vehicles can be registered using the LTO IT system without undergoing the required inspection and documentation process,” the complainant stated. 

The complainant said “No Show” is a term used to describe a scenario in which a fixer or a group of fixers supposedly connive with unscrupulous LTO officials to register a motor vehicle that did not go through the required PMVIC inspection or a PETC emission test. 

They also did not go through the mandatory visual inspection conducted by authorized LTO inspectors. 

De Los Angeles alleged that this type of scheme has grown to a very large scale and involves at least 18 LTO offices in Metro Manila and Regions I, III, and V. 

GMA News Online sought Mendoza for comment but he has yet to reply as of posting time. —LDF, GMA Integrated News