TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi affirmed that the Transportation Minister Regulation No. 108/2017 on Non-route Public Transportation is still in force.
"[The regulation] still applies," said Budi in Jakarta, on Friday, January 26.
He considered that the regulation should keep running for the equivalent of online and conventional taxi drivers. Regulations on online taxi reap protests from among the online-based transportation drivers.
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A number of online taxi drivers joint in a rental fleet association (PAS) yesterday reportedly will hold a rally in front of the Ministry of Transportation, Central Jakarta. The action is conducted as a form of support to the Ministerial Regulation of Online Transportation which will be effective on February 1.
Regarding the quota of the online taxi, the regulation will apply the limit by the region. Minister Budi feels that it is important so that online vehicles will not control the entire transportation business.
ANDITA RAHMA