Getting IDR 4 Million Per Week, Ojol Driver Sitting With Gibran Claims To Be Routine In Facial Care

Riska (29), an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) who was invited to meet with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka/ Photo: Ivanto

JAKARTA - Riska (29), an online motorcycle taxi driver (ojol) who was invited to meet with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the Indonesian Vice Presidential Palace, Central Jakarta on Sunday, August 31 the day after tomorrow, admitted that he was an applicator partner.

Met by VOI in the Monas area, Central Jakarta today, Tuesday, September 2, Riska admitted that she was angry with the words of netizens on social media who called her not an ojol driver.

Riska explained that that day she was working as usual. Then, the applicator contacted him and invited him to meet with Vice President Gibran.

"At that time, I was in an onbid position (waiting an order to enter) in the Roxy Mas area, then I was contacted by Grab people," said Riska excitedly.

He continued, the ojol drivers who met the Vice President Gibran were not chosen carelessly, but those who had worked as ojol drivers for a long time and had good performance at work.

"And it wasn't carelessly invited, because I was also seen from my withdrawal, my income, my account too. Because I joined Grab from 2016," he said.

Without hesitation, Riska also showed her account to the media crew. He showed his income ranging from IDR 3 million to IDR 4 million every week.

He also rejected the assessment of netizens who said that his profession should not be an ojol driver in general.

Even though his job is outdoors, Riska feels that an ojol driver is also obliged and has the right to maintain appearance.

"We also have to maintain appearances. And indeed there maybe because of the lights, they (citizens) don't know. Maybe my face is because of the effect of cellphones or something, that's why my face is too white," said Riska.

"And indeed, every day I run out of onbid, yes, it's a mask. And if every onbid, I use sunscreen too every day," he added.

In addition, Arif admitted that he had been an ojol driver since 2018. In his meeting with Vice President Gibran, he said the ojol drivers asked that the case of Affan Kurniawan's death be resolved through the legal process as fairly as possible.

In addition, they also ask for clarity about the status of ojol drivers as partners.

"We also ask that our status, that partner, be ratified by the state. So that it is not underestimated. And so far, we don't have the legal force of our Mikra status. So, we encourage the state to recognize our partnership status," concluded Arif.