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12-07-2007, 05:20 PM
Former PRSC presidential candidate and current Fourth Way presidential hopeful Eduardo Estrella has spoken out against the government's plan to subsidize diesel for selected unionized transporters. Estrella was reacting to yesterday's news that select drivers' unions will now receive subsidized fuel depending on their routes. Each driver will pay RD$102 per gallon of fuel and the process will be monitored by Ministry of Industry and Commerce staff. Estrella says that instead of solving problems, this move creates new ones. Estrella also indicated that the government's plan to subsidize the fuel doesn't take into account small and medium-sized businesses and farmers who use the fuel to transport their goods and power their back-up generators and operate farming machinery.
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