In that same vein, Congressman Amado Díaz considered that the country should bet on the conflict being short-lived and recommended that the Government remain in “permanent session” to apply correctives in time, including eventual subsidies, as was done during the war between Russia and Ukraine in 2022.“Logically, it worries us, but we have a president who knows how to take the appropriate measures to guarantee the stability of fuel prices and ensure that our supply of oil and refining, well, supplies the local market to bring tranquility to Dominican society,” the legislator stated.
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On her part, congresswoman Dilenia Santos maintained that the Dominican Republic has the necessary legal and institutional controls to face a possible increase in crude oil. “The country has shown that it has control over its public policies and will not allow the international situation to translate into an internal crisis,” she affirmed. The new escalation in the Middle East has heightened geopolitical tensions and triggered alerts in energy markets, amid fears of disruptions in oil supply. International analysts warn that, if the confrontation continues, the price of the barrel. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, reiterated his prediction that the conflict will be short-lived; however, this Monday he left open for the first time the possibility of deploying ground troops in Iran if the situation requires it, an option that he had so far avoided considering publicly.“We know that any rise in oil impacts the entire economy, that’s why we must be prepared,” he said.
