Solon warns of chaos, anarchy at LTO if Stradcom is not paid By Charlie V. Manalo 05/24/2011

Solon warns of chaos, anarchy at LTO if Stradcom is not paid

By Charlie V. Manalo 05/24/2011
The House committee on transportation and communications headed by Southern Leyte Rep. Rogelio Mercado has filed a committee report calling on President Aquino to honor the government’s obligation to Stradcom by ordering the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) and the Land Transportation Office to immediately pay what is due to their IT provider for the services it has rendered or face the prospects of LTO returning to manual operations which would result in chaos and anarchy among the hundreds of thousands vehicle owners.

According to Mercado, the possibility of chaos and anarchy at the LTO is a real and present danger which is precisely why the committee is also urging the DoTC and LTO to fully assess the ramifications of a manual system and its overall consequences to the agency’s delivery of public service, Mercado said.

Mercado explained the LTO should be ready with a viable and effective contingency plan to perform manual operations and to prepare for the worse case scenario that Stradcom will be forced to stop its operations because of LTO’s failure to settle its contractual obligations..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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