Peronist Mayors of Buenos Aires Suburbs Protest Against Natural Gas Rate Increase, Call for Suspension to Protect Consumers

Various Peronist mayors of the Buenos Aires suburbs demonstrated against the increase in the natural gas rate and spoke in favor of suspending the increases because they affect the purchasing power of consumers for the “benefit of large corporations.”

After the public hearing that ended this Tuesday, the mayor of Esteban Echeverría, Fernando Gray, warned that “public policies around energy must guarantee universal access.” “You cannot pay for a gas bill as if it were a commodity.” international in dollars for something that we produce in our country,” said the communal chief. Along these lines, he stated that “it is necessary to consider affordable social rates for bottled gas and CNG, as energy alternatives for the most affected sectors.”

For his part, his counterpart from Almirante Brown, Mariano Cascallares, considered it “essential to suspend the increases because they will affect the purchasing power of consumers, forcing them to choose between service and food.” “In defense of homes, of neighborhood clubs “, SMEs and Brownian institutions in general reject these abusive increases and request that public policies be applied that put families and not companies at the center,” Cascallares added. He told the national government that “the economy is never free: either it is controlled by the State for the benefit of the people or it is controlled by large corporations to their detriment.”

Finally, the mayor of San Martín, Fernando Moreira, denounced that “while the national government intends to increase gas rates by 400 percent, -the governor- Axel Kicillof and -the Minister of Infrastructure- Gabriel Katopodis defend the interests of people at the public hearing.

2024-01-09 21:26:51
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