Two taxi drivers arrested in Seville during the sector’s protest against the new regulation for VTC

At least two people have been arrested this Thursday during the taxi drivers’ protest that takes place in front of the Andalusian Parliament against the regulation prepared by the Board for Transport Vehicles with Drivers (VTC), and which has included throwing eggs and bottles, whistles, boos and police charges. The National Police has confirmed the arrest of two participants in the protest, called by the Andalusian Federation of Self-Employed Taxis (FAAT), and which brings together nearly a thousand people in front of Parliament, where They have experienced scenes of tension. Several of the protesters, who have come with drums and banners, have tried to pull down the fences and have thrown eggs in front of the building, a situation that has led to the arrest of one of the participants for public disorder and attack against the authority, according to the Police, which triggered the tension in the area. The car that transported him was subjected to bottle blows and sticks from several participants of the pr He testifies that they tried to prevent his departure a few meters from the place, which was answered by a police charge. At this point a new arrest was made. The taxi drivers have also rebuked the media, accusing them of being “sold out”. Minutes later, the agents reinforced the police cordon in the vicinity of Parliament, closest to the building. New regulation for VTC Taxi drivers protest against the decree law announced by the Ministry of Development to enable VTCs to continue operating in urban centers from from October 1. The sector has received the proposal of the Ministry like a jug of cold water, which it learned about after holding a meeting with it this Monday, the day on which the Andalusian Government detailed that the future decree will establish requirements to guarantee “the coexistence of VTC and taxis in order to offer the best service to the citizen”, something that FAAT does not see clearly. The measure has also generated the rejection of the Union of Associations of Andalusian Taxi Drivers (UATA), whose representative, Pepe Hoyos, has maintained in statements to Europa Press that the norm “is not going to regulate absolutely anything”. “The VTC are going to roam freely, they are going to skip all the decrees and all the laws,” said Hoyos, who believes that the Ministry has “betrayed” the taxi drivers.