Juan Marte calls the elimination of digital exams for driver's licenses a "serious setback"

Santiago.- The president of the National Central of Transport Workers (CNTT), Juan Marte, called the decision of the National Institute of Transit and Terrestrial Transportation (INTRANT) to eliminate the digital exams for obtaining a driver's license and re-establish the traditional manual or practical system a "serious setback". The union leader stated that the measure contradicts the technological advances that the Dominican public administration has experienced in recent years and warned that returning to the manual method implies "rolling back a significant part of the State's procedures."

"We live in the digital age and we cannot go backwards. Returning to the manual system is taking the country back to bureaucratic methods that had already been overcome," Marte expressed.

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The president of the CNTT maintained that the Dominican Republic is immersed in a process of modernization, where millions of citizens carry out transactions and procedures through digital platforms, which is why he considers it wrong to dismantle technological tools that, in his opinion, guarantee greater agility and transparency in the evaluation process. Mars also warned that a return to the traditional system could open spaces for improper practices. "Manual systems are more vulnerable to irregularities. There is a risk that old practices that affect the credibility of the process for obtaining the license will return," he emphasized. However, he acknowledged that some elderly citizens may have difficulties using electronic devices, but suggested that the solution is not to eliminate the digital system, but to establish specific exceptions through a resolution that considers those particular cases. In that sense, he called on the INTRANT authorities to review the decision and maintain the modernization process in public services, insisting that the country must continue to move towards a more efficient, transparent, and in line with current technological times management. The National Institute of Transit and Terrestrial Transportation (Intrant) resumed practical exams in vehicles as part of the measures to reduce deaths and injuries from traffic accidents in the country.