Lawmaker calls for congressional inquiry into LTO's IT system changes

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade led the opening of the C3 at the LTO’s main office in Quezon City.

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MANILA, Philippines — In the wake of the Land Transportation Office’s statement that it may go back to its previous IT provider, a lawmaker has urged Congress to probe the legality and ramifications of the plan. 

In her privilege speech at the House session Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Bernadette Herrera (Bagong Henerasyon Party-list) questioned the need for such a change, pointing out what she said were the possible adverse results of the LTO’s “seemingly hasty” reaction.

Herrera said she would give the company the benefit of the doubt for the time being but claimed that this course of action may “set the agency backward by several steps”, and “ultimately result in increased costs and longer, more difficult transactions for the motoring public.”

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