The Ministry Of Transportation Determines That Adjusting The Online Ojek Tariffs Will Be Determined By The Governor

Illustration. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) Hendro Sugiatno said that the provisions related to the adjustment of online motorcycle taxi tariffs would be set by the Governor in each region.

"The Regulation of the Minister of Transportation Number 12 of 2019 is being revised or adjusted to the authority over service costs," said Director General of Land Transportation Hendro Sugiatno at a Hearing Meeting with Commission V DPR RI in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, November 29.

Hendro explained that in article 11 of Ministerial Regulation Number 12 of 2019 concerning the Protection of the Safety of Motorcycle Users Used for Public Interest, it was previously stated that the guidelines for calculating service costs were set by the Minister of Transportation.

Meanwhile, the amendments to the new Regulation of the Minister of Transportation stated that the formula for calculating service costs was still set by the Minister of Transportation through the Directorate General of Land Transportation in the form of guidelines and became the basic reference in determining the cost of services for upper and lower limits.

Furthermore, the amount of service costs for the upper and lower limits will be decided by the Governor in accordance with the authority of the operating area.

He said the authority of the Minister of Transportation through the Director General of Land Transportation in the future only to determine the formula or fee for the service in question. Then, the Ministry of Transportation together with the Governor will socialize the guidelines for calculating and the amount of service fees for the upper and lower limits.

"The amount of service costs that have been previously set is declared valid until the governor has set the amount of costs. This PM adjustment is in the process of being invited to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights," he said.

Hendro further said that there were also changes in the Decree of the Minister of Transportation Number KP 667 of 2022 concerning Guidelines for Calculation of the Cost of Services for the Use of Motorcycles Used for Community Interests Managed by Applications, which was signed on September 7, 2022.

The decision was made to adjust to KP Number 1001 of 2022 dated November 22, 2022, which included the provisions for application companies to apply indirect costs in the form of rental fees for the use of applications at a maximum of 15 percent.

App companies can also apply supporting costs in the form of driver-partner welfare support costs of a maximum of 5 percent in the form of additional safety insurance, driver-partner service facilities provision, information center support, operational cost assistance, and other assistance.

However, the application company in implementing the supporting costs is obliged to submit a report to the Director General of Land Transportation for an evaluation of the performance of the applicator.

"Reports to the Director General of Hubdar in the form of application system dashboards, 3-month financial reports at 5 percent of supporting costs, operational data on the number of driver-partners, and annual financial reports audited by public accountants that fall into the big five category," he said.