Melanio orders diesel audit

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Industry and Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes has ordered an audit of the transport unions that benefit from the use of government subsidized diesel fuel. Special attention is being given the National Confederation of Unified Transporters (CNTU), headed by Ramon Perez Figuereo. According to Hoy newspaper, Paredes said that Perez Figuereo is "suspected of not giving proper use" to the subsidized fuel. The announcement of the audit came moments after Perez Figuereo told reporters that the ministry headed by Paredes was creating "disorder" with the subsidized fuel and warned that beginning Thursday his members were going to increase fares for passengers and the cost of freight haulage. According to the union leader, who appeared at the Presidential Palace to deliver a document addressed to President Fernandez, the increase in passenger fares will be between RD$3 and RD$15, and the freight rate would increase by about one thousand pesos. Minister Paredes, also at the Presidential Palace, told reporters that it was true that the dispatch of subsidized diesel fuel to the CNTU union had been "suspended" for the time being. Paredes said that the fuel that was supplied to the union "apparently did not arrive at a good destination." The minister urged reporters to consult with the Land Transport Office (OTTT) to see whether the CNTU vehicles used diesel or propane (LPG) to power their vehicles.

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