In the middle of a wave of dissatisfaction and protests by taxi drivers, the Executive branch clings to the idea that they fulfilled their contribution to solve the existing conflict with Uber operations in the country.
The mobile application, which facilitates the private transportation of people by contacting them with drivers, has been operating in the country since August 21, 2015. However, until last January, the government presented a bill to regulate these platforms.
The proposal, promoted by Minister Rodolfo Méndez Mata, from the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), did not meet expectations and was widely questioned by different sectors, including legislators from the ruling Party of Citizen Action (PAC).
When asked after the weekly meeting of the Governing Council, Rodolfo Piza, Minister of the Presidency, assured that the Executive did its part and now the ball remained in the court of the Legislative Assembly
This Wednesday a group of taxi drivers called The Red Force in different parts of the country to show discontent with the operation of Uber. According to them, the government failed to comply with the commitment announced in September last year to “urge” the company to stop operating in Costa Rican territory until there is a law that empowers them.
The text presented by the government was so questioned that some legislative committees are focused on the total elaboration of a new project that allows to control the operation of mobile applications that facilitate the private transport of users.
According to data provided by Uber, there are 22,000 registered drivers to provide services. Similarly, between August 2015 and mid-2018, more than 700 thousand people registered as customers of the platform.