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Online taxi regulation faces another legal challenge
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An online taxi driver checks a route using a mobile application on July 3 in West Jakarta. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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ess than one month after going into effect, a revised regulation on online taxi's and ride-hailing apps faces another judicial review because of the inclusion of a vehicle quota, a ceiling tariff, operational zones and the requirements related to vehicle ownership.
Transportation Ministry’s secretary general Sugihardjo confirmed the legal challenge to the Supreme Court against Regulation No. 108/2017 on non-route public transportation, but he declined to mention the party that had filed the judicial review.
“It is correct, the regulation has been challenged again,” said Sugihardjo as reported by tribunnews.com on Tuesday.
Read also: Ride-hailing apps hitting conventional taxis badlyThe regulation is a revision of the previous regulation, No. 26/2016. The transportation minister issued the revision after the Supreme Court annulled 14 articles of the old regulation as demanded by online taxi drivers and ride-hailing apps providers.
Sugihardjo said the ministry had issued the revised regulation to accommodate demands from conventional taxi drivers for fair competition among taxi operators and to prevent further conflict between conventional and online taxis.
He claimed the ministry had accommodated all parties as conveyed during the Group Discussion Forum held by the ministries in a number of cities including Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Palembang, Bandung, Balikpapan, Semarang and Makassar.
Meanwhile, land transportation director general Budi Setiyadi said the ministry had sent a letter in response to the challenge. (bbn)
