The United Negros Driver Operators Center (UNDOC) has called on the business sector, stakeholders, labor sector, urban poor and fisher folks to a multi-sectoral hearing this week to discuss the proposed fare rollback.
UNDOC deputy secretary general Jesse Ortega said in a media interview that the rollback is “premature” and that it is not yet feasible to effect a reduction in the fare rates.
“We are not yet ready for the rollback unless prices for petroleum and oil products will reduce from P41 to P36 per liter…which is too reasonable and logical,” Ortega said.
The drivers’ associations based in Manila, Pampanga, Batangas and in the National Capital Region led by the National Council on Consumers Protection filed a petition calling for a rollback before the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Friday.
The LTFRB will meet the transport groups today for a hearing in Manila.
Porferio Clavel, LTFRB regional director, said that there is no petition made yet so “there will be no rollback”.
Last week, prices in diesel and gasoline dropped by P5 and P2 a liter, respectively.
Manila-based transport groups proposed for a rollback of 50 centavos to P1 in passengers’ fare but Ortega said it is not even “reasonable”.
