Davao City- The nationwide distribution of smart cards meant to give discounts to fuel purchased by public utility jeepney drivers was met with a protest action by drivers and operators under the progressive Transmision-Piston today.
The protest action staged along Shell gasoline station along Bajada corner Torres St., this city reiterates the driver and operators’ clamor to scrap oil deregulation law and the Value Added Tax imposed on petroleum products.
According to Edil Gonzaga, Secretary-General of Transmision-Piston, “the fuel subsidy is useless and indeed a waste of people’s money. It’s a gimmickry intends to deodorize PNoy’s administration who is clearly favoring big oil companies.”
Gonzaga cited that only a few days after the announcement P-Noy on the said fuel subsidy, the oil price rose twice with an increase of almost P2 per liter.
“Now we see that this fuel subsidy is useless,” he said.
Transmision expressed its support to the proposed repeal of the oil deregulation law in the congress saying this is a more substantive move to bring down the oil price.
The group also expressed its support to the ratification of the P125 wage increase bill being pushed by the progressive partylists in congress.
Gonzaga added, “ If P-Noy really wants to alleviate the hardship of the people, he must have a political will to approve the legislated wage hike. But, we all know that P-noy, just like the previous administration is inutile in favoring the marginalized sectors.”
The smart card being distributed to selected drivers will give P1.00 discount to every 1 liter purchase of gas and diesel. “It is not even enough to cover the increase imposed by oil corporations this April,” Gonzaga lamented.
He said, “We want a long-term solution to the economic turmoil we all bear. Enough of fooling the people of gimmickry like that of the fuel subsidy.”
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