DPRD Promises To Continue Conventional Driver Complaints That Demo Ask For Bali Online Taxis To Be Restricted To Polda

When receiving a thousand conventional tourism drivers who complained about online taxis in Denpasar, Monday (6/1/2025). (ANTARA/Ni Putu Putri Muliantari)

DENPASAR - Chairman of the Bali DPRD Dewa Made Mahayadnya in front of a thousand conventional tourism drivers promised to directly convey driver complaints to the Bali Police Chief.

"Earlier, his complaint was about the police guarding the corner of the road, missing the police, he said, I promised to coordinate and write to the Bali Police Chief," he said in Denpasar, Monday, January 6.

It is known that the mass action from the Bali Tourism Driver Struggle Forum visited the Bali DPRD to convey six demands related to the existence of online taxis.

In discussions between the mass of action and the council, conditions were also discussed on the ground when online taxis often took passengers carelessly, even in the midst of traffic jam conditions they pulled over to the shoulder of the road to transport and unload passengers.

Conventional drivers complained about this condition, so that the Bali DPRD who heard it immediately felt that they had agreed to enforce the rules, including asking the Bali Provincial Government to create a complaint service so that when special rental transportation acts, it can be reported immediately.

If the council has forwarded this aspiration to the police and the authorities are still reluctant to help resolve traffic problems, it can be reported.

"Tomorrow, through a call center, the police will be on the road, if we haven't replaced them on the road," said Dewa Mahayad.

The complaint about the traffic problem was first mentioned by a member of a conventional tourism driver forum called Wayan Widiasa.

He felt longing for the presence of traffic police who used to regularly guard the corner of the road, stop violators and ask for letters.

First, there are too many online systems, the two police officers have never been on guard for 21 years in the tourism area. Tumben, now there are no police on guard for traffic jams, traffic jams, which I used to stop once, today where are the men, I miss being stopped, I was asked which is the tourism permit, the driver's license," said Widiasa, quoted by ANTARA.

In addition, Widiasa also talked about the findings at the airport, where foreign tourists become guides and drivers pick up other tourists.

Other conventional tourism drivers complained about online taxi drivers who do not have a place to live by sleeping and bathing in retail or gas stations, they often park wildly on empty land and even a few of online taxis fake their police number plates and trick customers.

Responding to this complaint, the Head of Operations for the Denpasar Police, I Ketut Tomiyasa, who was present at the action, said that he accepted the people's words and would forward them to the leadership at the Bali Police.

"We as police officers at the Bali Police are very grateful, because it is a positive suggestion for the performance of the police, of course and of course we accept and that is input suggestions that we must respond to follow up," he said.