In response to the declarations made by LTO Assistant Secretary Virginia Torres in recent national tv and radio interviews on the issue of shortage in motorcycle license plates supply, the Motorcycle Dealers Association of the Philippines (MDAP) and the Motorcycle Development Program Participants Association, Inc. (MDPPA) issued the following statements which came out in the April 16, 2013 issues of the Philippine Star (Page 15) and People’s Tonight (Page 3) that the motorcycle riding public and law enforcement agencies may know and be clarified.