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Oct 12, 2008 News
The Alliance For Change yesterday called on the Government to reduce the price of gasoline at the pumps from its current $1,000 per gallon.
This, the party says, is in response to the marked decrease in the international prices for oil, moving from an all-time high of US$147 per barrel to approximately US$85 today.
When there was a movement upwards in the world market price, Guyanese saw an almost instantaneous rise at the pumping stations throughout the country.
The party noted that despite the incremental decrease in the world market price over the past months, to the present level of approximately US$85 per barrel, “that corresponding instantaneous decrease at our pumping stations is markedly absent.
Price per gallon of gasoline and dieseline at these stations still remains as if the international prices have not dropped at all from the all-time high.”
The party stated that it was very concerned that the Government has remained mum on this development, which has had very adverse effects on both the players in industry and ordinary consumers.
“The only beneficiary of these continued high prices for gasoline and dieseline here in Guyana has been the Government of Guyana, who from information reliably released to the Alliance For Change, has re-applied the heavy taxes on fuel sold to the consumers.
The Government is thus making a whopping windfall profit, while the individual citizen suffers a deleterious deficit….This, once again, is Governmental action that is wholly uncaring and unreasonable.”
The party insisted that the people of Guyana must understand that there is not even a modicum of concern being shown by the PPPC Government in the current financially depressing times.
Instead of easing the stress and pressures off the backs of ordinary people, the Government continues to pile them on with more and more taxes.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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