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Transportation Ministry gives green light to amending ride hailing regulation
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A long queue of Gojek drivers line up for Tuku coffee at the Pasar Santa branch in South Jakarta. The Transportation Ministry gives green light to revising ride hailing regulation. (JP/Liza Yosephine)
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ransportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has opened up the possibility of revising a new regulation on ride-hailing apps over some unsettled issues, such as fleet size and vehicle registration.
Transportation Ministerial Regulation No. 26/2017 became effective on July 1.
“If it [the change] is significant, we will revise it [the regulation]. If not, it will remain the same,” he said Wednesday.
The ministry has given more time to ride-hailing partners to shift the ownership of the vehicles from an individual to legal entities, such as companies or cooperatives, until their current vehicle registrations expire.
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Budi further said that fleet size should be flexible to avert business stagnation.
The government is yet to set a maximum size of fleet in different cities.
On this issue, Budi said the decision on fleet size ought to be assessed further to avoid abuse.
“What we reported [about ride-hailing apps] yesterday [during a limited Cabinet meeting] met with the President’s expectations. But he said this [ride-hailing services] should serve people although we should be careful.” (lnd)
