Panayam kay Usec. TJ Batan, DOTr (December 14, 2023) | UB
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Transcript
00:00 We will talk to Transportation Undersecretary Timothy John or TJ Batan. Good morning Usec Batan.
00:10 Yes, good morning.
00:12 Usec, does the DOTR have a plan to talk to Pistons today?
00:17 What is your plan to stop their strike that will start today? It's a holiday rush Usec.
00:24 Yes, it's true that it's a holiday rush and I hope that the strike and the Tigil Basada will not continue.
00:33 But the opening of the LTFRB and the Office of Transport Cooperative will continue
00:41 to have dialogue and to consult with the groups that will be involved in our transport strike.
00:48 If Pistons will not join the POV modernization, will it have an effect on transportation?
00:55 Will there be a crisis in transportation?
00:58 Because, of course, the Pistons group says that their group is big.
01:03 We do not expect that there will be a crisis.
01:07 First of all, if we can remember, there were several transport strikes here
01:15 in November, October, July and March.
01:19 We saw that even though our participation in several transport groups will continue,
01:31 our transportation system and the needs of our commuters can be fulfilled.
01:38 That is the reason why we are consulting with local government units that provide additional vehicles.
01:48 We are consulting with MMDA to find out where the affected areas of the transport strike are
01:57 and we are immediately responding by sending additional vehicles.
02:02 Yusec, as we speak, how many percent support the POV modernization?
02:11 As we speak, more or less 70% of the consolidated units that support the POV modernization.
02:23 No less than our president, President Bongbong Marcos, said that 70% of the units that support our program
02:34 and the modernization of our transport sector is already underway.
02:40 That is why our beloved president mentioned that the welfare of the majority is not compromised.
02:53 Yusef, after the December 31 deadline of the POV consolidation, what will happen to the traditional jeeps?
03:02 Can they still travel or will they be arrested if they are seen on the roads?
03:08 Let us clarify that this December 31 deadline is the deadline for consolidation.
03:17 This is the deadline for modernizing consolidated operators.
03:23 What does that mean?
03:24 That means by December 31, the application of our operators and drivers will have to submit
03:33 and that will give them the ability to continue operating for two to three years using their traditional jeepneys.
03:43 They have to pay a fine of two to three years to modernize to a modern jeep.
03:50 It's very important to clarify that because there is a misunderstanding that on December 31,
03:57 by January 1, there will be no more traditional jeepneys.
04:03 There are still traditional jeepneys on January 1, but I need to see that our operator drivers join a cooperative or a corporation
04:13 because of our December 31 deadline.
04:16 Okay. Thank you very much Transportation Undersecretary Timothy T.J. Batan.
04:23 Good morning to you. Merry Christmas.
04:25 Good morning and happy holiday. Merry Christmas.
04:27 Merry Christmas.
04:29 [News Anchor]
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