Overview
- The Transport Ministry is drafting a Supreme Decree with exceptional measures to restart plate issuance, though the minister provided no implementation dates.
- Rider guilds say the planned fix would authorize distribution of new white plates without a chip at the previous price to clear the backlog, with issuance potentially resuming this week.
- After multi-hour discussions at the prime minister’s office, officials agreed to review circulation rules, including the ban on carrying a passenger, and to keep negotiating with guilds.
- Roughly 50,000 motorcycles remain unplated following December’s delayed switch to a seven‑digit format that halted production of the old design and stalled registrations.
- The minister said the auto association reports holding 147,000 plates in stock but distribution rests with private concessionaires, while reports describe illegal sales at up to triple the normal price.