RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR) AND THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) TO SUSPEND THE OPERATION OF PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTERS (PMVICS) UNTIL A COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC CONSULTATION IS CONDUCTED, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY TO STAKEHOLDERS AND THE PUBLIC, FORGING PROGRAMS WITH SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY, AND ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED PRECIPITOUS AND HASTY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTER (PMVIC) PROJECT OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTR) FOLLOWING CRITICISMS AND ALLEGATIONS OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND APPROPRIATE CONSULTATION OF ITS MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN ITS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION LEADING TO FEARS OF OUR CITIZENS BEING DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHT TO USE THEIR VEHICLES WITHOUT DUE PROCESS

“RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE EXORBITANT PHP 1,800 FEE TO BE COLLECTED BY PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION CENTERS (PMVICS) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSING THE ROADWORTHINESS OF PRIVATE VEHICLES, AND RECOMMENDING THAT SUCH FEES BE HELD IN ABEYANCE, SO AS NOT TO DOUBLE THE FEES AND CHARGES TO BE PAID BY MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS