After the meeting of the transport unions at the headquarters of the General Labor Union, Fadi Abu Chakra, representative of fuel distributors in Lebanon, said, “The government’s decision to increase fees had a major impact on the citizen, and fuel sales witnessed a decline of 30% due to the global high prices and the tax imposed by the government.”
Abu Chakra called on the government to “set a ceiling on the price of fuel, provided that any changes that occur globally are deducted from the tax collected,” calling “in the event of a decrease in the price, to adopt the method that prevailed during the government of the martyr Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, when the state collected 3,000 Lebanese pounds for each tank of gasoline, and the changes were deducted from within the tax, as a tank of gasoline remained fixed for years, at a price of 22,800 Lebanese pounds.”
He added: “It is better to set a ceiling on the price of fuel, especially after we witnessed the discomfort of the citizen who is suffering many losses due to the high cost of gasoline, and we do not know what awaits us in light of the continuing rise in the price of a barrel of oil globally, knowing that the price of tomorrow, Friday, will also witness an increase in the price.”
He also expressed “the dissatisfaction of fuel distributors and owners with the current high prices, because it depletes capital and causes confusion in sales.”
He stressed, “In addition to the increase in the tax that the government imposed on gasoline cans about a week ago, the increase in gasoline cans has exceeded about 5 US dollars, and unfortunately all of these increases fall on the shoulders of the citizen, especially those with limited income.”
