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The planned three-day maxi taxi shutdown came to an early end on day two, but tensions are still running high between operators and the Minister of Transport over what drivers say are years of unresolved concerns.

Tv6's Nicole M Romany has the story.
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00:00Speaking on the TV6 Morning Edition, President of the Association of Maxi Taxis
00:05and Chairman of the Route 1 Yellow Band Maxi Taxi Association, Ian Hewitt, made it clear.
00:12The operator's frustration is not directed at the Prime Minister,
00:17but at what he describes as the Transport Minister's continued failure to meaningfully engage the sector.
00:24I am saying we don't have a problem with government, you know.
00:30I want to repeat that to the Prime Minister.
00:33Madam Prime Minister, we don't have a problem with the government.
00:38We have a problem with the minister.
00:40Hewitt says the Transport Minister's lack of cooperation and ineffective engagement with issues affecting the industry remain a concern,
00:49and referenced the issue of page taxis and white vans.
00:54He just simply told us, well, that is enforcement.
00:58It's nice to be police, not him.
01:01That makes sense to you, Marlon?
01:04I had to point out to the minister, and I hope the Prime Minister is hearing this,
01:08that under his ministry there is something called the licensing authority
01:12and there is something called the traffic wardens.
01:17Embarrassment.
01:20Embarrassment.
01:21Don't know your work.
01:23Don't know who you have below you.
01:25According to Hewitt, drivers ultimately decided to end the industrial action
01:30after considering the growing impact on citizens.
01:34He also extended gratitude to the Prime Minister for her efforts to resolve the situation.
01:40Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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