PISTON backs transport strikers threatened with 'franchise cancellation'Members of Manibela transport group wave their protest banners and placards during their strike and demonstration at the foot of Mendiola Bridge in Manila on October 16, 2023. The LTFRB threatened to cancel the franchises and issue show cause orders against members of Manibela who staged the said "tigil-pasada." PISTON national president Mody Floranda said in a statement sent to media on Saturday. "Our demands are straight and simple — scrap the PUV phaseout and let us have a fair, pro-people, and reasonable program for public transport that does not disadvantage the small drivers and operators." 'Same tactics persist'Floranda said that the issuance of show cause orders and threats of franchise cancellation have been done before by LTFRB Region VI to PUV operators in Iloilo, who also joined a transport strike in the city last July 24.
