GOV.
Erico Aumentado at dyRD for his "Governor's Report"
as he blocks the replacement of LTO Registrar Joel Maloloy-on.
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Gov.
Erico Aumentado blocked the assignment here of a ranking
regional official of the Land Transportation Office
(LTO) based in Cebu to replace newly designated Joel
Maloloy-on as registrar of the Tagbilaran licensing
office.
The
stand of the governor came as reports bared that Jose
Ruperto Remullo, the current LTO regional operations
division chief, will be assuming this week as the new
city LTO registrar.
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Remullo
is reportedly under investigation together with other LTO
officials by the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG)
in connection with the registration of "hot cars"
from Japan and Korea seized by the government after being
allegedly smuggled through the Cebu City port.
The
governor, after his call to Assistant Secretary and LTO chief
Reynaldo Berroya, said he will "not allow Bohol to be
the dumping ground of government officials who are under investigation
for alleged anomalous transactions."
He
was assured by Berroya yesterday that the assignment of Remullo
here will be re-evaluated.
Aumentado
told the Chronicle that he will protect the province from
any unscrupulous operations from any government line agencies
particularly those involving the much publicized "hot
cars" found or registered in the neighboring province
of Cebu.
Maloloy-on
told the Chronicle yesterday that he will be promoted to the
regional LTO office as acting chief of the operations division.
He will be swapping post with Remullo and will become part
of the management advisory team formed to assist in the investigation
of the registration of smuggled vehicles shipped through Cebu.
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Maloloy-on
was quick to deny that Remullo was among the LTO officials
being investigated despite the fact that the latter
is being demoted one rank lower - from being regional
operations head to being a district office registrar.
According
to reports, Remullo drew the ire of Cebu City Mayor
Tomas Osmeña who asked for his transfer because
of complaints from the public.
LTO
offices in Cebu City, Toledo City and Mandaue City are
investigated for allegedly registering smuggled cars.
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Last
week, Berroya replaced former LTO Regional Director Alex Leyson
by Raul Aguilus amid the smuggling controversy.
Maloloy-on
admitted the reshuffling of LTO registrars is due to Berroya's
order that there should be transparency in the investigations
conducted by the PASG and pave way for an inquiry by the House
of Representatives' committee on good government.
According
to Maloloy-on, the extension office in Jagna may also be assigned
a new registrar.
He
said the revamp is already approved by Aguilus and just awaiting
the confirmation of Berroya.
"This
is just the first phase of the revamp. More movements of LTO
registrars may occur depending on the results of ongoing investigation
by the PASG," Maloloy-on said.
Remullo
previously served as district registrar of LTO Dumaguete and
Cebu City prior to his appointment as head of regional operations.
Maloloy-on
said Remullo has a long experience as a district registrar
and is a career worker of the LTO.
Maloloy-on
was assigned here at the Tagbilaran LTO from the Jagna extension
office only last September 26, 2007.
LACK
OF PERSONNEL
The
outgoing registrar said his request for additional personnel
here is already being considered by the regional office.
According
to Maloloy-on, the Tagbilaran LTO needs 14 regular staff and
at least 5 contractual employees to handle the volume of transactions
they get daily.
He
said the Tagbilaran LTO is the only district office in the
country that has applied for ISO accreditation.
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