Issues and Concerns

(Based on the minutes of the NABPLO’s August Meeting)

1. Standard Processing Time (3 days for Simple Transaction)

 Whatever the processing time a particular LGU office indicated in its Citizen’s
Charter, it should implement the same. Otherwise said LGU office will be
estopped.

2. Zero Contact Policy

 There is a need to distinguish accept and receive.

 BPLO should not accept if documents are incomplete.

3. Automatic Approval (Rule VIII)

 As regards the proviso in Section 1 that “the acknowledgment receipt for

payment of all required fees of the applicant or requesting party shall be enough
proof or has the same force and effect of license, clearance, permit xxx”,
everyone agreed that technically, receipt is not enough proof or has the same
force and effect of the abovestated license, clearance or permit.

 Applicants have the burden to prove whether or not they have complied with the
basic documentary requirements.

4. Unified Form
 Since it is too late for each LGU to allocate the required budget for the unified
form, implementation of said unified form is in 2020. The testing of the same is
in 2019.
 Unified form would entail an end to end transaction.

5. Barangay Clearance
 There should be an ordinance imposing uniform rates among barangays which
would be in three (3) tiers.
 There should be a DILG Memorandum Circular pertaining to the implementation
of section 9 (f).
 DILG should ask the Liga ng mga Barangay to convene regarding the matter.

6. Issuance of Mayor’s Permit

7. Include post-inspection in the Citizen’s Charter.