House Commission V Demands 8% Ride-Hailing Commission Cut Not Burden Consumers

Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission V, Syaiful Huda, stated that the implementation of an 8% application tariff or commission cut for online motorcycle taxi drivers by ride-hailing platforms must not sacrifice service quality. The planned adjustment to the commission cut is scheduled to take effect on 1 July 2026. The policy follows an instruction from President Prabowo Subianto to ensure the welfare of driver partners. According to Huda, the greatest risk of this policy is if platform operators compensate for the reduced commission by unilaterally raising service prices for consumers. If application tariffs surge too high, he warned, passenger occupancy rates will plummet sharply. The adverse effect would be a collapse in drivers’ daily incomes, and the sustainability of the platform operators’ businesses would also be threatened. ‘This policy must not end up burdening the platform operators and consumers. If this policy triggers a tariff increase that burdens the public, a decline in passenger occupancy is feared. If that happens, both drivers and platform operators will suffer losses,’ said the legislator from West Java. Huda urged the Ministry of Transportation to collaborate intensively with the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs and the Ministry of Manpower to conduct a comprehensive evaluation. He stressed that the Ministry of Transportation must immediately refine technical regulations governing a transparent revenue-sharing formula to ensure there are no hidden cost components that disadvantage drivers. ‘The Ministry of Transportation needs to draft technical regulations that transparently regulate the income distribution formula, including application fee components, incentives, and other deductions, to provide legal certainty,’ Huda asserted. He confirmed that the parliament will strictly oversee the implementation of the 8% commission cut policy for online motorcycle taxi drivers starting 1 July. Huda also cautioned ride-hailing platform companies to open up transparency by submitting their operational performance reports to the public on a regular basis. ‘Commission V will conduct strict supervision of this policy and expects platform operators to submit regular reports openly to the public,’ he concluded.