PRESIDENT Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 56 to regulate the issuance of protocol license plates to government officials.
EO No. 56 is an amendment to EO No. 400, which had previously included regional trial court (RTC) judges in the list of authorized government officials who can use the protocol plates.
“It has been observed that complaints about the proliferation and unauthorized use of protocol license plates continue to increase over the years, threatening public safety and undermining the integrity of the vehicle registration system,” according to EO No. 56 issued last March 25 and publicized on Thursday.
The new EO has removed number 16 from the list of protocol plates allowed to be used by government officials. This number used to be given to RTC judges.
Below is the list of officials who are allowed to use protocol plates No. 1 to 12 and then 14 based on the new EO:
President (1)
Vice President (2)
Senate President (3)
Speaker of the House of Representatives (4)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (5)
Cabinet Secretaries (6)
Senators (7)
Members of the House of Representatives (8)
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court (9)
Presiding Justices of the Court of Appeals (10)
Presiding Justices of the Court of Tax Appeals (10)
Presiding Justices of the Sandiganbayan (10)
Solicitors General (10)
Chairperson of the Constitutional Commission (11)
Ombudsman (11)
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (14)
Chief of the Philippine National Police (14)
“All previously-issued protocol license plates issued pursuant to EO No. 400, as amended, except those issued to incumbent authorized officials under Section 1 hereof, are deemed expired,” the order read.
