Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government, through Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund Danantara, has acquired shares in certain ride-hailing companies with the aim of limiting their commission fees to 8 percent of drivers’ per-trip earnings, a lawmaker has revealed.House of Representatives (DPR) Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad explained that the government intends the move to push online taxi platforms to gradually adjust their commissioning policies, eventually better serving drivers’ interests.“The primary objective is to lower the fees levied by application operators, from the current rates ranging between 20 and 10 percent to only 8 percent,” he remarked when receiving a workers alliance at the parliamentary complex in Jakarta on Friday.Regarding discourse on shifting drivers’ status from partners to employees, Dasco said the government is currently weighing possible solutions and assured drivers they will be included in the deliberations.“Online taxi driver organizations will be invited to discussions,” he told the workers.The legislator also said that President Prabowo Subianto had pledged government backing for companies at risk of folding, in order to shield laborers from job terminations.Prabowo earlier stated that he had signed a presidential regulation to restrict ride-hailing companies from taking commission fees of more than 8 percent of drivers’ earnings.“I hereby affirm that I do not agree with a 10 percent fee; the rate must be below that,” he remarked before approximately 200,000 rallying workers during a May Day gathering at the National Monument complex in Jakarta on Friday morning.The head of state emphasized that the regulation was introduced to protect the rights of ride-hailing drivers, whom he views as working under demanding conditions and facing daily risks on the road, while also dealing with income uncertainty.The rule, officially called Presidential Regulation No. 27 of 2026 on the Protection of Online Transportation Workers, also requires companies to provide social security coverage for drivers.