Jakarta, May 3 -- A member of Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Adian Napitupulu, has called for limiting the commission charged by online transportation applicators from drivers to a maximum of 10 percent.

According to Napitupulu, the move is a part of a long-term responsibility to ensure the future of the drivers' families.

"We continue to push the applicator regarding the 10 percent commission as our responsibility for the drivers' future, for their children," he said in a statement released on Saturday.

He made the statement in response to complaints from online motorcycle taxi ( ojol ) drivers, who have requested that the applicators' cut of their earnings be reduced to a maximum of 10 percent from ...