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00:00The DOTR decided that it's enough for commuters to be consolidated as public vehicles.

00:07But on the first day of the transport strike of Pistón and Manibela,

00:10some commuters had a hard time riding.

00:13Witness, Joseph Moro.

00:18It's only 3 o'clock in the afternoon, many are waiting to ride in Manila City Hall.

00:23The government officials are already on their way home,

00:25according to the memorandum of Malacanang for the reopening of Family Week.

00:29At the same time, some students went out.

00:32The jeeps arrived late.

00:34It's so hard to ride because the jeep is so small.

00:37Usually, it's not like this.

00:39The rush hour is around 5 to 6.

00:42We don't have much time because the jeep is full.

00:46That's also the experience of some commuters earlier this morning in Irodriguez Avenue in Quezon City.

00:51JR waited more than 2 hours before he was able to ride the jeep Amuraita.

00:55There's no jeep. The jeep is small.

00:58Only a few were able to ride the jeep.

01:01For the first day, the Pistón and Manibela were closed for two days

01:04compared to the Public Transport Modernization Program or PTMP.

01:08But in the monitoring of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board or LTFRB,

01:13no one was stranded because of the transport strike.

01:16These are the regular traffic on a Monday.

01:19There are a lot of passengers.

01:22There are only a few jeepneys on the road because of the traffic.

01:26Our transport strike was very successful.

01:30If the government doesn't intervene,

01:34they will suspend the classes,

01:36some entrances to the government,

01:39and the party has a free ride.

01:42The Pistón was blocked by the jeepneys earlier.

01:46The group continued to negate the return of the five-year-old franchise

01:50that only Congress can return.

01:52You will really lose your franchise.

01:54It will be hard for you to register.

01:56It's also for their livelihood,

01:59so that we can return the five-year-old franchise.

02:02But the program is no longer open

02:04according to the Department of Transportation or DOTR.

02:07The call of Pistón and Manibela to scrap the program is non-negotiable.

02:14These two groups cannot be allowed to derail the program.

02:18In addition,

02:1983% of public vehicles have already been consolidated.

02:24But the distribution of routes is still being arranged by the local governments.

02:29For the next two years or so,

02:31we will arrange the routes before,

02:33which were a lot,

02:34and now we know that it's too much.

02:36We will arrange the routes that were a little,

02:39and now that there are more needs,

02:41we will add more.

02:42The real number that doesn't or doesn't want to consolidate,

02:46and we're talking of the two groups,

02:48it's more or less 5%.

02:50According to the Department of Transportation,

02:52in the next two to three years,

02:54the agency will require the replacement of traditional jeep units

02:58to make them modern units.

03:01The LTO also added that those who will not join the program

03:04can register their traditional jeeps as private vehicles.

03:10Earlier, Pistón filed a motion to resolve in the Supreme Court

03:14their request to issue a TRO against the modernization program.

03:19For GMA Integrated News,

03:21Joseph Morong is your witness.

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