Jakarta, Indonesia – The Indonesianโ Online Motorcycleโ Taxi Association (SPAI) asserts that representatives of ride-hailing drivers who met with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka on August 31, 2025, were not representativesโ elected by or affiliated with established workers’ unions. The claim casts doubt on the legitimacy of โคthe meeting adn the extent too wich โthe drivers accurately reflected the concerns ofโ the broader โ ojol (online motorcycle taxi) workforce.
SPAI National Coordinator Lily Subagyo stated that drivers should be presenting โขthe aspirations of the ride-hailing companies if selected and trained by those platforms, rather than claiming to represent โthe workers themselves. She revealed that she spoke with a Maxim driver who attended the meeting at the Vice โขPresidential Palace, and the discussion included a request for theโข companies to provide Social Security (BPJS) for Employees coverage for drivers.The meeting, which included drivers wearing jackets from Gojek, Grab, Maxim, andโ InDrive, sparked public scrutiny. A driver wearing a Gojek jacket, quoted on the โVice Presidential Secretariat’s Instagramโ account (@setwapres.ri), stated they were able to “ask questions and give input to theโข vice โคPresident” and โคfelt theyโข wereโ “on the โคsame page regarding the โขcurrent issues.”
Though, the event hasโ drawn criticism online, with โsome questioning the new appearance of the โคdrivers’ โขjacketsโ and footwear, and alsoโค the language used during the meeting. one driver, also wearing a Gojek jacket, expressed concern โคover โฃdisruptions to thier livelihoods and โincreased anxietyโ due to escalating tensions, โฃasโ seen in a video posted to @setwapres.ri.