Image from Duterte Supporters and Alexander John Rico’s Facebook pages - Man said he was able to get his papers from BIR within five days
- A BIR employee initially told him that processing would take three months
- He showed the employee a copy of BIR chief’s no red tape memo, got his papers quickly
- He credited Duterte and his promise to wipe out red tape for the speedy processing
MANILA, Philippines – So, they can do their jobs quickly after all.
On his Facebook, a certain Alexander John Rico shared how he was able to get his papers from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) within five days after showing a copy of Commissioner Cesar Dulay’s “no red tape” memo.
According to Rico, he was initially told that the Certificate Authorizing Registration (CAR) he applied for would take three months to be processed and released.
However, he nevertheless went back to the BIR after a few days to take his CAR. After a BIR employee laughed and told him his application would take three months to finish, Rico whipped out a copy of Dulay’s memorandum order mandating the release of CARs within five days.
Failure to release the CAR within five days would hold the erring employee liable for breaking the country’s Anti-Red Tape Law.
After reading out Dulay’s memo, Rico said the employee suddenly changed his tone, took his claim slip, and asked him whether he was willing to wait until after lunch to have his CAR processed.
Ending his post, Rico attributed the processing speed to President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to wipe out red tape in the government.
If Duterte was not the elected president, tuloy-tuloy pa rin siguro red tape [red tape would still be proliferating],” he wrote.
Duterte has made the elimination of red tape one of his campaign promises. He said excessive bureaucratic practices have made it for investors to do business in the country.
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