Marcos Jr. issues order to regulate 'protocol' plates

MANILA: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has instructed for the regulation of protocol license plates.

Based on Executive Order 56 issued las March 25, Marcos Jr. shared that there is a need to control the usage of low-number license plates after being observed that its proliferation and unauthorized use became rampant over the years.

In the same order, the country’s chief executive cited the government officials who are allowed to use the said license plates.

Here are the allowed individuals who can have the protocol license plates:

Position	Protocol plate
President	1/PANGULO
Vice President	2
Senate President	3
Speaker of the House of Representatives	4
Supreme Court Chief Justice	5
Cabinet Secretaries	6
Senators	7
Members of the House of Representatives	8
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court	9
Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals (CA), Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), and Sandiganbayan, as well as Solicitor General	10
Chairpersons of Constitutional Commissions and Ombudsman	11
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff and Philippine National Police Chief	14

The order stated that officials with equivalent ranks may be allowed to use upon the recommendation of the Land Transportation Office and approval from the Department of Transportation.

“However, this shall not be construed to authorize all other officials with equivalent rank as the associate justices of the CA, CTA, and Sandiganbayan and below to use the license plates,” the order noted.

Those who have been issued the special plates are allowed to use it on vehicles that are assigned to them during their incumbency.

Authorized officials may be allowed to have two pairs of protocol license plates, except for the President, Vice President, Senate president, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Supreme Court Chief Justice who can have three pairs.

Photos from Ruben Manahan IV, Presidential Communications Office

Also read:

LTO speeds up license plates production

LTO reminds motorists: unauthorized use of commemorative license plates faces apprehension, penalty

LTO lifts license plate production suspension