Heru Budi Demolished By Microtrans Driver, Anies: In The Past We Never Had Complaints

Jaklingko Partner Driver Demo At DKI Jakarta City Hall/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Anies Baswedan responded to a demonstration by a number of Microtrans drivers at the DKI Jakarta City Hall today. They asked the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono and his staff to follow up on a number of demands.

Anies was reluctant to comment further on the problems of the fleet drivers who were members of the Jak Lingko system. However, Anies claimed that he had never received any complaints from Microtrans drivers while serving as Governor of DKI Jakarta

"We used to do things like that and thank God there were never any complaints. As for now, I don't know if the case is sitting. So, I can't comment further," said Anies at Pondok Gede, Bekasi, Tuesday, July 30.

Anies views that in formulating a system that involves business activities and involves labor, local governments, they must undergo a fair system. Then, there needs to be a good budgeting to keep everyone involved able to get their rights.

"For example, salary, it is part of planning, part of the system preparation. So, that principle must be held and if it exists, God willing, it can run smoothly," explained Anies.

Today, hundreds of Microtrans drivers held a demonstration at the DKI Jakarta City Hall. They also brought fleets parked along Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan. Congestion was inevitable.

Microtrans drivers demonstrated with a number of demands. One of them complained about the distribution of the Microtrans procurement quota as a substitute for regular fleets such as Metromini and angkot for partnering operators.

These drivers considered that there was discrimination from PT Transjakarta in Jak Lingko's policy. Of the 11 partner operators, there is 1 operator that is neglected by Transjakarta because it gets the quota for the absorption of the fleet at most compared to the others.

Then, the Microtrans driver also demanded that Transjakarta approve the payment of rupiah per kilometer of the fleet they submitted. This is because they are required to operate their fleet with a target of 100 kilometers per day with 28 working days in one month.