Decisive hours are lived in dialogues between carriers and the Government on targeting the fuel subsidy

The The next few hours are key to know if there will be an agreement between carriers and the Government on fuel prices or if the talks break down. This morning, Napoleón Cabrera, president of the National Federation of Mixed and Medium Light Transportation of Ecuador and that is part of the transport commission that maintains the dialogues, revealed that on Wednesday night they did not reach any agreement and that They have decided to ask the Government for a written communication, until October 26, on the issue of targeting.

Case Otherwise, the dialogue would be broken and the transport federations would be communicated so that each one can make the decisions it deems necessary.

The declarations Cabrera did them on the news The key hour of the Austro. He explained that the approach of the carriers has been that the price is focused, and not that compensation be delivered, with a price of $ 2.39 for extra gas and $ 1.70 for diesel. However, the Government’s approach is to practically reach international prices and for gasoline to reach $ 2.70 and diesel at $ 2.10. These prices have been rejected by the Commission.

In such a way that this afternoon, the carriers await a new proposal from the Government, as Cabrera said that the intention of the carriers is to exhaust all dialogue options.

Additionally, it revealed that in the dialogue tables, transporters they have demonstrated to the Government that the operation of the carrier cannot continue to be maintained at the current price and even worse with the future price that is being raised.

They have also indicated that gasoline, at the moment, it is more expensive than the Colombian one. That is why they have asked to be shown with what parameters they are measuring international prices. He further explained that gasoline The Ecuadorian is Euro 2, the Colombian Euro 4, so it doesn’t make sense that ours is more expensive. He also indicated that the transport sector seeks targeting for all modalities, that is, for the public and commercial. In any case, he said that the Government has already accepted that targeting is for everyone and that it has lowered its aspiration with respect to diesel somewhat.