Since the regulation was retroactive, the companies had to pay one full year of extra taxes ... The policy has shut down 21 of us.

The government has agreed to exempt public land transportation from the VAT, so we ended the strike last night.

The collection of illegal fees is everywhere, while taking care of vehicle documents or at bus terminals. We want this problem solved.

Otherwise, we will go strike again.

We can't even think about improving our services. We're just grateful if our vehicles work. The country's transportation services have reached a critical point with the myriad problems they face.

The change (on the VAT law) will be done within a week.