Reduce Ojol Cuts, Prabowo: If You Don't Want To, Don't Do Business in Indonesia!
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - President Prabowo Subianto has requested that online motorcycle taxi (ojol) companies unwilling to follow the government’s rules on revenue sharing between platforms and drivers refrain from conducting business in Indonesia.
Prabowo issued this warning while announcing the reduction of platform fees on ojol trip fares from 20 per cent to 8 per cent.
The new regulation is outlined in Presidential Regulation Number 27 of 2026 on the Protection of Online Transportation Workers.
“If you don’t want to follow us, don’t do business in Indonesia,” said Prabowo during the International Labour Day commemoration at the Monas area in Jakarta on Friday (1/5/2026).
According to Prabowo, ojol drivers work hard and risk their safety every day.
In light of this situation, the government has finally set the platform deduction fee to below 10 per cent.
“I say here that I do not agree with 10 per cent. It must be below 10 per cent,” stated Prabowo.
“It’s too easy. You sweat, they (the company) get the money, sorry,” he continued.
The Gerindra Party Chairman said that through Presidential Regulation Number 27, the government also mandates social safety nets for ojol drivers.
Among these safety nets are health insurance and work accident coverage.
“They must be given work accident coverage. They will be provided with BPJS Health. Health insurance,” Prabowo emphasised.
Presidential Regulation Number 27 of 2026 serves as one of the government’s gifts for International Labour Day.
On the other hand, Prabowo also issued Presidential Regulation Number 25 of 2026 on the Ratification of International Labour Organization Convention Number 188.
“To ensure protection and welfare for fishery vessel crew,” he said.
The government also provided another gift in the form of restrictions on the use of outsourced or outsourcing workers, which has long been a bogeyman in the world of work.
These restrictions are regulated in Minister of Manpower Regulation Number 7 of 2026 on Outsourced Work.
The regulation also governs various rights of outsourcing workers that companies must fulfil.