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Dela Rosa denies owning SUV with '7' plate that used EDSA Busway

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RG Cruz

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<p>MANILA — Senator Ronald dela Rosa told the media he does not have a <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/3/suv-with-plate-no-7-accused-of-attempting-to-run-over-traffic-enforcer-2214">vehicle similar to the one that illegally used the EDSA Busway on Sunday</a> and has a No. 7 protocol plate that authorities have initially claimed is fake.</p><p>Dela Rosa said he does not even use that plate, for security reasons. The &#x27;7&#x27; plate is reserved for senators only.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSAICTPH%2Fvideos%2F4162420790644428%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=273&amp;t=0" width="273" height="591" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>&quot;Wala. Cadillac &#x27;yun. Mahal &#x27;yun. Hindi ko kaya &#x27;yun. Mahal &#x27;yun na sasakyan. At saka, hindi rin ako mahilig gumagamit ng &#x27;Number 7,&#x27; the plate number,&quot; he stressed.</p><p>(No. I can&#x27;t afford a Cadillac. That&#x27;s an expensive vehicle. And, besides, I really don&#x27;t like using the No. 7 plate)</p><p>The lawmaker said the plate can &quot;give drug lords a chance to ambush you&quot;.</p><p>&quot;Bakit ko pa i-announce to the whole world na senador ako, na alam ko naman na senador ako,&quot; he added.</p><p>(Why would I announce to the whole world that I&#x27;m a senator when I already know that I&#x27;m a senator)</p><p>Dela Rosa said getting protocol plates is optional and he prefers not to have them.</p><p>Senate President Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero earlier said that, according to LTO, there was no Number 7 protocol plate issued for the particular vehicle shown in the video.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/11/4/escudero-urges-lto-to-name-owner-of-suv-with-7-plate-in-edsa-busway-incident-1316">Escudero urges LTO to name owner of SUV with &#x27;7&#x27; plate in EDSA Busway incident</a></div><p>LTO Executive Director Greg Pua said the &#x27;7&#x27; plate used by a Cadillac Escalade does not have the distinguishing features and design of protocol plates issued by his office.</p><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABPvI4XEOWJyRNm9&amp;activation=click&amp;vip_mode=playing&amp;vip_position=bottom-right"></script><p>“Hindi po yan in-issue ng LTO. Hindi rin nag-issue ang LTO ng protocol plate &#x27;7&#x27; sa isang white Escalade,” he said in a TeleRadyo Serbisyo interview.</p><p>(That was not issued by the LTO. The LTO did not issue a &#x27;7&#x27; protocol plate for a white Escalade)</p><p>Pua said the LTO is now tracing the vehicle, noting there are only a limited number of Cadillac Escalades in the Philippines. He said that, to his knowledge, no senator currently owns an Escalade.</p><p>“That is one action we are studying. If we cannot see the conduction sticker, this is what we will do next,” he said.</p><p>If caught, he said, the driver of the Escalade could face charges for violation of the use of the EDSA Busway including suspension and even possible revocation of license.</p><p>Only the vehicle of the president, vice president, Senate president and House speaker is allowed to use the EDSA Busway, he said.</p><p>Escudero previously raised suspicion over the authenticity and validity of the protocol plate. He also mentioned that the act must not go unpunished.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WokBElWBw_M?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Senator Ronald dela Rosa told the media he does not have a vehicle similar to the one that illegally used the EDSA Busway on Sunday and has a No. 7 protocol plate that authorities have initially claimed is fake.</p>

Senator Ronald dela Rosa told the media he does not have a vehicle similar to the one that illegally used the EDSA Busway on Sunday and has a No. 7 protocol plate that authorities have initially claimed is fake.