translated from Spanish: Gloria Hutt, and ‘Law über’ voting: “what the law says is to protect the interest of users”

Tuesday voting will take place in room by Bill that regulates paid transport of passengers c applications OMO über, Cabify, and Beat.La Minister of transportation, Gloria Hutt, traveled to Valparaíso to be part of the debate and explained that this initiative was unanimously approved in the transport and finance committees, “so up to now there have been enough support “” Cross and we hope that that remains “, according to Emol.” There is always conflict, because our interest is to protect the safety and good travel for users and there are conflicts of parties potentially affected unions hoping to maintain benefits that have long or companies hoping that not the Let us regulate”, said the Minister.” “Here both taxis seek a certain continuity in the way they have operated as companies prefer to operate without control or Professional license and those two things hurt users, then what the law says is to protect the interest of users” He added. Also, he said ‘it is also ordered that any service of paid passenger transport provided by applications should be established as a company in Chile and comply with all legislation Chilean tax and labor’.” All drivers are required to have professional license, must have insurance for the vehicle and passengers, must have a portal of claims, have to register all vehicles and all drivers at a base in the Ministry of Transport”, assured last Emol.Por, referred to the situation of taxis where asserted that”they can continue to operate as they are, or they can be ascribed also to platforms. We are already working with a number of unions in developing its own platform because they have interest in not using commercial platforms and we have some drivers who are operating in Iquique and Temuco”.

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