LTO 7 CHIEF OFFERS P100T REWARD FOR AFFIDAVIT AGAINST FIXER OR BRIBE-TAKER

LTO chief says he will give reward money to whoever will execute an affidavit against personnel who received grease money from clients

The first person who will execute an affidavit that he or she gave grease money to a Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 employee or official will get a reward from the agency’s boss. LTO 7 Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec offered a reward of P100,000 cash for such an affidavit. He cited reports that some drivers gave P200 to P400 so they could get ahead in the queue of those waiting for their driver’s license cards to be printed. “I will not file a case against that client who will execute an affidavit,” Caindec said. The LTO 7 chief also told all of the agency’s offices in the region to ensure transparency in the way they release priority numbers “and to address complaints about priority numbers being for sale.”

Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7 Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec has offered a reward of P100,000 to any complainant who can execute an affidavit that he gave grease money to any of the agency’s personnel.

Caindec told SunStar Cebu that he heard several times that clients gave P200 to P400 to LTO personnel so they can be inserted in the backlog printing of driver’s licenses ahead of others who had arrived earlier.

He said the complaint is that a client, who is among those listed in the backlog, gave P200 to P400 to get the driver’s license card on the same day.

“A person who will first execute an affidavit that he gave P400 to an LTO personnel to fast-track his transaction, I will give him a reward of P100,000,” Caindec said.

He said the person must identify the LTO personnel who asked him to shell out money, and to whom he personally gave the money. With that, the crime has been committed, he said.

“I will waive his right to self-incrimination. I will not file a case against that client who will execute an affidavit,” he said.

Caindec said he also heard complaints from those who came to the LTO office at 4 a.m. to make sure that they can get priority numbers, only to be told that the priority numbers were already distributed as early as 2 a.m.

Caindec issued Office Order No. VCC-2018 last April 27 on the guidelines in the issuance of priority numbers.

This was addressed to all chiefs and acting chiefs of district offices, extension offices and licensing centers, driver’s license renewal offices (DLROs) and motor vehicle inspection service (MVIC).

“All LTO offices within Region 7 are hereby directed to ensure transparency in the releasing of priority numbers and to address complaints on priority numbers for sale,” Caindec said in his order.

“In line with this, no priority numbers will be released to LTO clients, patrons and/or to the public earlier than 10 minutes before official business hours of each LTO office,” Caindec said.