President Marcos Jr. orders regulation on ‘protocol’ license plates

MANILA: In its bid to curb its unauthorized use, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the regulation of protocol license plates to government officials.

Under Executive Order 56 (issued last March 25), the country’s chief executive cited specific government officials who are authorized to use the low-number license plates.

Those who are allowed to use the aforementioned plates are the following:

Position	Protocol license 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

Officials with equivalent ranks, the order noted, may be allowed to use based on the recommendation of the Land Transportation Office and approval of 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.

They shall have the aforementioned plates during the official’s incumbency and may only be used on the vehicles assigned to them.

The order also noted that all 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

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