Santo Domingo. – The president of the New Option Transport Federation (Fenatrano), Juan Hubieres, stated that he is not going to “screw himself over,” because he will no longer hold back the drivers from raising fares.
He said he can no longer postpone the increase in fares in Greater Santo Domingo, while the Government maintains the surcharge on the prices of the main fuels.
The public transport union leader specified that Fenatrano has done everything possible so that the affiliated routes do not raise fares on buses that use gasoline: “I held back the fellow transporters, but I am not going to screw myself over… I have already helped enough so that the colleagues, despite the surcharge on gasoline, do not raise fares”.
He said that as of today, a gallon of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) should cost RD$101 pesos and not RD$135 pesos as the Government sells it. In addition, he explained that fuel prices should be as follows: regular gasoline RD$273.99, premium gasoline RD$291.67, optimal diesel RD$252.00, and regular diesel RD$236.40.
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Hubieres demanded the distribution of BonoGas so that drivers can operate without sacrificing the population with RD$5 and RD$10 pesos, and also demanded the pensions promised by the Government to hundreds of elderly drivers.
“For us, raising RD$5 or RD$10 pesos to the population does not solve the problem, but when the drivers receive their Bonogás and their pension, they won’t bother me or say that we sold out for not wanting to increase the cost of the fare,” asserted the public transport union leader.
The president of Fenatrano asked the Government to make an adjustment to fuel prices based on international prices. “The government is earning more than a billion pesos a week from the surcharges on fuels”.
Hubieres asked the Executive Branch not to continue burdening the middle class and the most destitute with taxes: “President, just as Antoliano Peralta met with influencers to find a way out of the gag law… when the country’s main problem is the high prices of fuels and fiscal mitigation”.
He stated that the country could explode due to the fiscal pressure being carried out by the Minister of Finance and Economy, Magín Díaz, indicating that people cannot stand any more abuse, while the powerful evade 45% of ITBIS payments.
Finally, Juan Hubieres proposed that the Government has a way to find the funds it needs for the “Crisis Mitigation Plan,” indicating that by applying a 10% tax on the subsidized fuels given to large companies, as well as mining companies, they will collect all the millions needed for fiscal reform in the country.
