The day on which the new value would begin to be charged has not yet been defined.
MANTA, Manabi
In the second and final debate, on the afternoon of this Thursday 28, the Municipal Council of Manta decided to increase $ 0.10 to the cost of the passage of urban buses that operate in that Manabi port.
For now, it is still pending to define the day on which the new ticket in Manta would begin to be charged, according to councilors. Hernán Salcedo, mayor of this canton, pointed out that it could be after the holiday, that is, tentatively on November 4.
Nel Párraga, leader of the Federation of Urban Transport of Manta (Fetum), indicated that they learned that the municipal ordinance that allows the increase in the cost of the ticket to $ 0.40 per user has already been approved in the second instance, but not yet They notify them to know the date that they will begin to collect that value.
“I do not think it will take that long, the increase in the passage does not exceed another week,” said Párraga, who indicates that despite not being satisfied with the increase of $ 0.10, they assure that the measure helps to avoid saving the units for the cost of operating expenses due to the increase in the price of fuels and the absence of passengers on some of the routes they make daily.
Bosco Vera, Manta councilor, indicated that the new rate will take effect as soon as it is sanctioned by Mayor Agustín Intriago. “The truth is that it is not subject to being published in the Official Gazette, which is what generally limits whether it is charged or not, the final provision says that the ordinance comes into effect from the sanction, regardless of whether it is published. in the gazette or not, ”declared Vera, one of the five councilors who voted against the increase.
Ledín Valencia, Manta councilor, who also opposed the increase in the cost of the ticket in the urban bus service, considered that there has not been a true technical study to approve this increase by ordinance.
“They (municipal majority of seven votes in favor, while five voted against) are based on a study by the Fetum, the Fetum is judge and party, a consultancy was not hired to do a more real, truthful and impartial work, that is our criterion ”, declared Valencia.
Mayor Intriago announced that in the next few hours he will pronounce on the day that the new rate will begin to be charged in Manta. (I)
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