GOVERNMENT CENTER, PALO – Members of the executive committee of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in this region supported the resolution passed by RDC 5 and 7, opposing the re-imposition of anti-carnapping clearance (ANCAR), a way to fight or reduce incidence of carnapping in the country.
ANCAR was first implemented in the Martial Law period until 2011.
The imposition of ANCAR was suggested by Police Director General Attorney Raulo Bacalso of the Philippine National Police National Headquarters in June 14, 2011 where he forwarded a draft to Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr on the re-imposition of clearance requirements for the transfer of motor vehicles from one island to another.
The PNP contends that the discontinuance of the transshipment clearance resulted in the proliferation of car theft because syndicate had used the situation to freely transport the stolen goods to other parts of the country.
This decision of RDC 8 to support the resolution of RDC 5 and 7 is based on the comments of government agencies and local government units asked to comment on the issue.
Based to the comment of Land Transportation Office, it was discontinued because the PNP realized that it was not a foolproof solution in preventing carnapping incidents and syndicates will just no longer transship or transfer their stolen motor vehicles to other islands to avoid apprehension.
The LTO therefore recommends that the PNP should post personnel in transshipment ports to check registration papers of transported motor vehicles.
On the part of the Department of Interior and Local Government, it commented that the Highway Patrol Group might not be able to implement the function in all ports due to lack of personnel and this may become a venue for corruption and abuse by some PNP personnel.
While the local government of Liloan in Southern Leyte, one of the areas in the region with a busiest port, recommended that the PNP must make sure that the Executive Order will not result to red tape and become a source of graft and suggested that HPG personnel must be always available at all times in every port.
The discontinuance of ANCAR imposition was ordered in May 11, 2004 by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as part of her Nautical Highway Program that aims to promote efficient movement of passengers and goods across island in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao resulting for the spur of trade and tourism and brought down the cost of goods from rural production areas to urban markets based on the statement of RDC 5.
RDC 5 added that based on the data of Highway Patrol Group on carnapping incidents from January to April 2011 reveal that 286 carnapping incidents are confined in Regions 1, 2,3, 4-A and National Capital Region.
In 654 carnapping incidents from that period, only 11 cases were committed outside Luzon.
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