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  • 2 years ago
Route 2 Maxi-taxi drivers are calling on government to allow them to pass on their vehicles to their next of kin in the event of death or if they become incapacitated.

However they tell Tv6 that their cries are falling on deaf ears.

Nicole M Romany tells us more.

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00:00 Public Relations Officer of the Route 2 Maxi Taxi Drivers Association, Jason Macmillan, says
00:06 they just want to be heard, but if they continue to be ignored, action may follow.
00:12 Membership right now, they're boiling over. I will not be held accountable if they decide to
00:18 down tools or go slow or whatever protest action they choose to take. But we are pleading with the
00:24 Ministry because at the end of the day, the public will just feel the hurt and any kind of industrial
00:30 action is taken. And seeing that we do a service to the public, we don't want to down tools,
00:36 we don't want to down tools, but if we have to, we will. He holds the view that the situation is
00:42 unfair to drivers. Our vehicles are maintained by us, is secured by us, you understand? And we do
00:50 a human service to this country. And the disrespect we are dealt with is unacceptable. And it's time
00:58 for this to change. We are asking for a policy to be put in place to deal with PBR especially.
01:04 Former Vice President and now financial member of the association, Brenton Knights, attempted
01:10 to justify what they're demanding. To all the world, where pharmaceutical license permits are moving
01:17 away from a certain notion of where you say that this is the property of the state and that is it.
01:21 You see, it has the data, it has the documentation showing that to all the world. Where, because you
01:28 invest a certain amount of time and your resources into this business to grow this business, you have
01:35 a certain level of rights to it. And the law of succession do apply to you to be able to pass it on
01:43 to your next of kin in the case of your debt. TV6 contacted Works and Transport Minister,
01:49 Rohan Sinanan, but he was unable to respond at the time. Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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