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MANILA, Philippines — Round 90,000 members of transport teams Piston and Manibela will once more cease plying their routes in Metro Manila and different components of the nation on Monday and Tuesday to indicate their persevering with opposition to the federal government’s Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP).
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), nonetheless, earlier urged members of the 2 teams to contemplate becoming a member of this system because it introduced plans to reopen the consolidation course of for many who didn’t beat the April 30 deadline. Underneath consolidation, public transport drivers and operators should be part of or type cooperatives to avail themselves of this system’s advantages.
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On the identical time, the Division of Transportation (DOTr) assured the general public that, as in earlier strikes, there can be no stranded passengers. The Metropolitan Manila Growth Authority additionally stated its rescue autos can be on standby for deployment “if and when vital.”
‘Colorum’ autos
Among the many calls for aired by Piston and Manibela had been the cancellation of the consolidation requirement for becoming a member of the PTMP and the five-year renewal of franchises and registrations for all public utility automobile (PUV) operators.
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Manibela nationwide chair Mar Valbuena stated the group’s unconsolidated members had been being pressured to ply their routes clandestinely since they had been being focused by site visitors enforcers.
The federal government had warned that after the April 30 deadline, unconsolidated PUVs can be thought-about “colorum” or unlawful.
Of the 191,730 PUVs nationwide, a complete of 159,682 or 83.38 p.c have been consolidated underneath the PTMP after the April 30 deadline. A complete of 1,781 cooperatives with 262,870 members have additionally been accredited by the Workplace of Transport Cooperatives.
Reopening utility
For the over 30,000 unconsolidated PUVs, the LTFRB has urged them to affix the PTMP because it plans to reopen the applying course of for consolidation for 2 months, following a gathering between DOTr officers and Senate President Francis Escudero.
“The apprehension of the senators is that those that didn’t consolidate can be left behind and lose their livelihood. However the concession we’ve arrived at is that we’ll reopen the applying for consolidation… [However], they can’t type a brand new cooperative anymore and they are going to be requested to affix present cooperatives,” LTFRB Chair Teofilo Guadiz III stated on Sept. 20.
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