The same free market concept that led to a concession of a taximeter plate of almost zero original cost to reach a value of tens of thousands of dollars, must now be applied to the irruption of collaborative transport services.
EDITORIAL
Jorge Cobas González
Founder of CentralAmericaData
The Varela administration has announced that it will be working on the creation and implementation of a legal framework for the operation of transportation technology platforms such as Uber.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama:
The Cabinet Council has recognized the need to regulate the transport service offered through technological platforms, which is covered by the current e-commerce provisions and is an economic activity that must be regulated under the land transport law.
Guatemala's taxi companies reacted to UBER's threat as any good entrepreneur does: innovating in order to improve and be more competitive.
In other countries taxi drivers are trying to resist the progress that the collaborative economy represents for users, relying on alleged"acquired rights"with the complicity of inefficient governments. In Guatemala, taxi companies have united and launched mobile applications that make life easier for their users.
Although the company intends to operate under the format of "self-sustaining community," the criteria of the Attorney General is that "all paid transport is a public service."
The judgment issued by the Attorney General's Office also provides for possible sanctions against Uber for providing transportation services illegally. ".. It is also supported by the legal standard of the CTP which indicates that Uber provides a public service and will never be private, because of the provisions of Law 7969. "
Panamanian private sector representatives are defending the mode of operations of Uber, who announced the launch of its corporate transportation service in Panama City.
As in Costa Rica, the arrival of Uber has generated resistance among traditional public transport sectors, such as taxis. However, Panamanian businessmen believe, like the vast majority of companies in Costa Rica and other countries where Uber is already operating, that space should be given to Uber for the private transport service to operate without government hindrance.
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