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View all search resultsGarda Indonesia, along with merchants and customers, held a protest on Monday in Jakarta against a planned 15 percent fare hike as well as government inaction in responding to drivers' demands following the previous rally in May.
Previously, the government mulled introducing a rule that would require ride-hailing companies to provide holiday allowances for their partners similar to those of formal workers, but in early March it toned down the plan into a simple bonus.
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said on Nov. 27 that the government would only provide subsidized fuel to vehicles with yellow license plates, the plates used for public transportation and trucks.
While thousands of people staged demonstrations at several strategic points in Jakarta on Thursday, online ride-hailing (ojol) drivers and street vendors continued business by exercising some caution as to avoid potential violence.
The controversial Public Housing Savings (Tapera) program has been met with a backlash from ojol (app-based ride-hailing motorcycle taxi) drivers, who fear that the mandatory monthly salary cut will become a burden for those with unsteady incomes.
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