AMMAN — A group of drivers who work for rideshare
applications staged a protest on Monday in front of the Lower House, calling on
the
government to respond to their demands “that have been neglected for a long
time now”.
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Mohammad Abu Mushref, head of the volunteering
committee responsible for the rideshare applications drivers, contended that
“today’s protest did not bring about any results, and only MP
Muhammad Al-Dahrawi showed up and listened to us, while we did not exactly know what was
said about the protest in the Lower House”.
According to Abu Mushref, MP Majid Al-Rawashdeh
spoke to the
Minister of Transport Wajih Azaizeh who said that drivers’ demands
had been addressed.
He added: “The Lower House had two sessions today
but no updates were made in regard to our demands.”
“If the demands are ignored for 10 days from now, we
will stage a bigger protest in front of the Royal Court; we will not back out
and give up on those demands,” he said.
“Why did these drivers stage a protest in the first
place? We responded to their demands a long time ago,”
Land Transport Regulatory Commission (LTRC) Spokesperson Abla Weshah said.
Weshah added that “the drivers working with
ridesharing smart applications first asked for extending the operating life of
their vehicles from five to seven years, which we addressed and responded to”.
She said that the LTRC administration council filed
a recommendation on the matter to the prime ministry, and “they are proceeding
decision with to extend the operating life to seven years, as per the
constitutional and legislative channels at the Legislation and Opinion Bureau.”
However, Weshah said the drivers filed a further
demand, asking LTRC to extend the operating life of vehicles from seven to 10
years.
Other demands include renewing drivers’ work permits
without having to refer to their respective companies, and reducing the amount
these companies deduct from their drivers to 15 percent.
“These two demands are related to the contractual
relationship between the drivers and the companies they work with,” Weshah
said, adding that “up to a certain degree, LTRC could intervene in matters as
much as allowed by the regulations and legislations, such as the vehicles’
operating life.”
Jordan News tried to obtain more details from the
Uber operating office in Jordan, but it refused to disclose any information or
details concerning the drivers’ demands.
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