| Dominican business leaders slam 'discriminatory' gas subsidy |
| Domican-Today |
| 12/1/2007 |
Source: The Dominican Today
Santo Domingo.- The government's plan to subsidize diesel for public transport and cargo vehicles, while welcomed by the transport sector has been criticized by business leaders, who describe the measure as discriminatory and politically motivated.
These were the views of the National Gasoline Retailers Association leader Juan Ignacio Espaillat and former National Private Business Council head Elena Viyella de Paliza, who said that the subsidy was contradictory and discriminatory, which could become a source of "tremendous administrative corruption".
Freddy Mendez, president of the Bus Owners' Union said that the subsidy should be analyzed to determine whether or not it was needed, while transport leader Juan Hubieres suggested that it could be applied according to route and not by organization or union. |
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