Emergency PPKM Makes Transportation Services Squeezed, Organda Collects Promises Of Incentives And Assistance To The Government

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JAKARTA - Emergency PPKM suppresses road transportation business revenues due to increasingly stringent travel conditions imposed in Java, Bali and roadblocks within cities and provinces.

Chairman of the Central Executive Board of Land Transport Organizations (Organda) Adrianto Djokosoetono reminded again about the realization of assistance and incentives for businesses affected by Emergency PPKM, which the government had promised through the Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Airlangga Hartarto.

"It is hoped that transportation entrepreneurs will get new loans (refinancing) with low interest rates after the debt installment relaxation policy ends," said Adrianto, quoted by Antara, Friday, July 16.

Adrianto said that the tightening of travel conditions had reduced people's mobility, which in turn had an impact on the cash flow of travel entrepreneurs.

He mentioned that the Central Java (Central Java) Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda) will close 27 exit toll gates, starting from July 16 to July 22, 2021. All access to Central Java will be closed, including exit toll gates at 27 total gates starting today. Friday the 16th to the 22nd of July.

According to him, City and Provincial Transportation (AKAP) is again affected by various isolation points which continue to be expanded to limit community mobility.

"It is unavoidable that the impact on community mobility will mean a decline in business income, including road transportation. It is undeniable that long-distance travel from/to Java and Bali must show a vaccine card, at least the first dose," he said

Adrianto added that he supports the government's policies to suppress the spread of COVID-19. The main focus of the Organda DPP is of course currently contributing to reducing the spread of Covid-19 so that economic recovery can immediately begin.

However, his party expects the realization of assistance and incentives so that transportation operators can stay afloat.

"DPP Organda asks the central government and local governments to pay attention to these transportation business actors, especially those in land transportation who are given a compensation, for example, the 2021 vehicle tax relief is freed and compensations in direct costs to crew or transportation company employees," he said.

In addition, the Organda DPP asked the Covid-19 task force and the Ministry of Health to improve testing and tracing data as soon as possible so that it could be the basis for decision making, especially for the normalization of the national transportation industry.

The government must take firm action against unlicensed transportation (illegal transportation) which has been making profits during the pandemic. Users of transportation services have the right to get excellent service by using official (permitted) transportation with technical standards on the spread and prevention of covid 19.

He emphasized that licensed transportation under the DPP Organda and all members had carried out technical instructions for the implementation of transportation with the criteria and requirements imposed by the government.

"We also appeal to the government to eliminate policy dualism between health policies and economic policies so that transportation service business actors have business certainty," he concluded.