(Eagle News)–Grab Philippines has asked the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to set aside its April 19 order directing the company to suspend its P2 per minute of travel time additional charge.
According to Grab, in the first place, the order was “contrary to law and applicable jurisprudence.”
It said almost all Transport Network Companies impose such charges.
Even taxi companies, it said, did the same.
“The suspension on the per minute charge imposed by the responsible members of the Board have also given unwarranted benefits, advantage and preference to the other transportation network companies since operators and drivers belonging to the common supply base will necessarily transfer to the other TNCs because the latter are allowed to impose per minute charges,” Grab said.
In any case, the company said the filing of their motion for reconsideration means the LTFRB order was lifted, and not immediately executory as claimed by the agency.
It was PBA Rep. Jericho Nograles who revealed the surcharge, saying that Grab owed commuters millions of pesos as a result.
But Grab said the imposition of the extra charge was legal, noting that the same allowed its drivers to earn competitively.