DKI Transportation Agency Explains The Meaning Of Nighting Meetings With Ojol In The Middle Of The Polemic Of Paid Road Systems

The demonstration of ojol drivers in front of the DKI City Hall rejected the ERP implementation in Jakarta. (Diah-VOI)

Deputy Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency (Dishub) Chaidir explained the purpose of a dinner meeting between the Head of the DKI Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo, and a number of ojol drivers in the midst of a polemic plan to implement a paid road system (ERP). This dinner agenda was recorded and spread among ojol. Some of them questioned the meeting which seemed to be held secretly. Chaidir said that at that time, Syafrin was limited to providing comprehensive socialization and understanding to ojol that the process of drafting ERP regulations had not yet been carried out. "We only provide socialization, education, that the ERP process is not yet underway. It is still being investigated at the Balegda (Badan Pembentukan Peraturan Daerah DPRD DKI Jakarta)," Chaidir told reporters, Monday, February 27. To ojol, Syafrin at the meeting finally said that he would withdraw the draft Raperda for Electronic Traffic Control (PL2SE) which regulates ERP in the program to form regional regulations in 2023 from the Regional Regulation Formation Agency (Bapemperda) of the DKI DPRD. However, that does not mean that the Raperda PL2SE has been completely removed. Chaidir said the DKI Provincial Government would rearrange the draft Raperda which regulates paid roads by accommodating the aspirations of the community, including ojol which had held an ERP rejection demonstration. "We are returning (the Raperda PL2SE drama). We are waiting for aspirations and input from all parties. Including the content of the demonstrators (ojol), so that our aspirations can be accommodated," said Chaidir. One of the ojol drivers who are members of the World Transportation User People's Association (Predriver) revealed that some of the ojol in his group attended a secret meeting with the Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Syafrin Liputo. The predator is an ojol group that has held two demonstrations related to the plan for a paid road system or electronic road pricing (ERP). They demanded the DKI Provincial Government to cancel the ERP implementation plan. The ojol named Romli questioned the purpose of the dinner meeting between Kadishub and some predatory groups. This is because this agenda was carried out secretly without telling all its members. This question was raised in the WhatsApp group of ojol who was shown to reporters. "After you laughed at Kadishub at the restaurant in question, what did you talk about with Kadishub? Talking about ERP?" said Romli in the group, quoted by VOI on Friday, February 24. He also questioned why until now there has been no official explanation from the ojol who met Syafrin at the restaurant in the midst of the paid road planning polemic. "When you say 'we have no interest in Kadishub', why don't you open up and talk about it in groups or at least to ojol as a whole? Is this one of the scenarios for the transfer of the ojol demonstration issue related to ERP's rejection?" said Romli.