Courtesy: Office of Rep. Brian Poe
FPJ Bayanihan Party-list Rep. Brian Poe on Wednesday called out ride-hailing or transport network vehicle service (TNVS) providers for not delivering on promises they made a few days ago to reduce their commissions from their partner-riders.
Poe told Wednesday’s multi-committee Legislative Energy Action Development (LEAD) Committee hearing that Angkas had committed to cut its take from their customers’ fare from 20 percent to 15 percent, Grab from 20 percent to 18 percent, Joyride from 20 percent to 15 percent, Move It from 20 percent to 15 percent, and InDrive from 10 percent to one percent.
“We didn’t mandate you to make these price cuts. You said on the floor under oath in your own initiative that you were making these price cuts para sa bayan and we accepted it,” Poe told representatives of TNVS providers during the hearing initiated by Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III and Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” A. Marcos to mitigate the impact of the global oil crisis.
Poe disclosed that he immediately posted the promises on his social media pages.
“As soon as I posted, I got 1,900 comments on that post alone with people saying na hindi totoo yan,” Poe said.
“And nagpapadala sa akin ng mga pictures, screenshots na hindi bumababa ang commission ng mga platforms,” Poe said.
Poe lamented that the comments made him look like a liar.
He showed his colleagues copies of screenshots sent to him.
He said one JoyRide customer paid a fare amounting to P162, of which the rider shared P129, while JoyRide’s commission amounted to P32.4.
“That’s 20% … MoveIt. Three examples. You can see 20.8%, 23.4%, and 23.1%. That’s even higher than what was said to be your commission. Ang cost naman we also have. This one naman at 20%. Grab also 22% and 21%. InDrive at 10% as they said,” he said.
He told TNVS operators that they should deliver on their promises.
“And I would like to believe that there’s an explanation for all of this from each of the ride-hailing platforms kasi naniniwala ako na they really have the best interest of their riders at heart,” Poe said.
The committed commission reductions do not result in lower fares for riders or customers but in a higher take-home earnings for drivers.
