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Economy in brief: No govt ride-hailing app: Ministry
The Transportation Ministry announced on Thursday that the government was not planning to launch its own ride-hailing app, quashing media speculation over the past several days
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he Transportation Ministry announced on Thursday that the government was not planning to launch its own ride-hailing app, quashing media speculation over the past several days.
The Transportation Ministry’s land transportation director general, Budi Setiyadi, said the government would focus on carrying out its duties as a regulator and that it was now preparing a more comprehensive regulation on ride-hailing services.
“With this clarification, I hope there will no longer be speculation about a state-owned ride-hailing app. The government is focusing on drafting a regulation, and I will not mix the tasks of regulator and operator,” Budi told a press conference.
Previously, quoting the ministry’s public transportation and multi-mode director Ahmad Yani, several media outlets reported that the government was planning to develop its own ride-hailing app through state-owned telecommunication company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia.
Budi said the drivers complained about their declining incomes as more and more people became ride-hailing app drivers and that they had called on the government to launch its own version. He, however, made assurances that the government did not have such plan.
