Motor locators want to appeal ban on imported used vehicles
The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority board on Monday assured all motor locators operating at the Free Port that they could still try and convince the board to lift its resolution temporarily stopping the release of imported used vehicles.
SBMA board member Dir. Rex Chan, said the board is willing to listen to the side of the motor locators affected by the board resolution issued in October banning the importation and release of imported used vehicles in SBMA for six months to give way to the auditing being made by the office.
“We are very open-minded people, we are willing to listen to the concerns of the locators but of course in the end the board will decide on the merits of the reconsideration they are asking,” Chan explained during the weekly Kapihan ng Bayan Forum sponsored by Pagcor.
The SBMA board decided to conduct an audit after they discovered that there are indicators that some vehicles were not accounted, and there are some discrepancies on the number of used motor vehicles entering SBMA and those released from the Free Port.
Another SBMA board member Bojie Cosculuela, admitted that the main reason behind the board resolution is the smuggling issue and although the SBMA is addressing the problem there are still some who are still attempting.
Besides the resolution, the Supreme Court also ruled with finality on the validity of Executive Order 156 that bans the importation of used vehicles from vans to the sedan-type vehicles.
Ben Perez, spokesman of the Subic Bay Motor Locators Association, said their main concern at present is for the board to reconsider its decision on the moratorium for the release of vehicles. He said EO 156 is a major blow to their business; their immediate concern is to release some 2,900 vehicles that are already in Subic.
Julio de Quinto, another locator, questioned the move of government against the importation of used vehicles saying it was a billion-peso industry besides generating employment to thousands of individuals.
De Quinto also dismissed claims that imported used cars are unsafe, in fact he said, all imported vehicles have undergone and passed the vehicle safety and emission test unlike the private jeeps and jeepneys assembled locally.
“These locally assembled vehicles don’t have safety certificates but were allowed in the streets, how come the imported vehicles that have been issued safety certificates are being prohibited?” he asked.
--Jefferson Antiporda -- Manila Times
SBMA board member Dir. Rex Chan, said the board is willing to listen to the side of the motor locators affected by the board resolution issued in October banning the importation and release of imported used vehicles in SBMA for six months to give way to the auditing being made by the office.
“We are very open-minded people, we are willing to listen to the concerns of the locators but of course in the end the board will decide on the merits of the reconsideration they are asking,” Chan explained during the weekly Kapihan ng Bayan Forum sponsored by Pagcor.
The SBMA board decided to conduct an audit after they discovered that there are indicators that some vehicles were not accounted, and there are some discrepancies on the number of used motor vehicles entering SBMA and those released from the Free Port.
Another SBMA board member Bojie Cosculuela, admitted that the main reason behind the board resolution is the smuggling issue and although the SBMA is addressing the problem there are still some who are still attempting.
Besides the resolution, the Supreme Court also ruled with finality on the validity of Executive Order 156 that bans the importation of used vehicles from vans to the sedan-type vehicles.
Ben Perez, spokesman of the Subic Bay Motor Locators Association, said their main concern at present is for the board to reconsider its decision on the moratorium for the release of vehicles. He said EO 156 is a major blow to their business; their immediate concern is to release some 2,900 vehicles that are already in Subic.
Julio de Quinto, another locator, questioned the move of government against the importation of used vehicles saying it was a billion-peso industry besides generating employment to thousands of individuals.
De Quinto also dismissed claims that imported used cars are unsafe, in fact he said, all imported vehicles have undergone and passed the vehicle safety and emission test unlike the private jeeps and jeepneys assembled locally.
“These locally assembled vehicles don’t have safety certificates but were allowed in the streets, how come the imported vehicles that have been issued safety certificates are being prohibited?” he asked.
--Jefferson Antiporda -- Manila Times
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