Protesters are calling on lawmakers to discuss and put to vote the amendments to the taxi legislation law and threaten they will continue protests unless the law is adopted with all their propositions. They also demand cab drivers work only in their license areas, tariffs for taxi services be set by local authorities and transporters carrying passengers without having a license be punished.
The Confederation of Romanian Licensed Operators and Transporters (COTAR) on Monday said transporters will discard protests planned for Tuesday after Transport Ministry officials pledged to meet their demands regarding the norms regulating the public passenger transport by bus in Bucharest. However, transporters threatened to stage spontaneous protests “should they be tricked again by decision-makers” within the ministry.
Nearly 500 cab drivers protested in Bucharest in early April and threatened they would resume protests unless their demands are solved.