He Retirement Center of the National Petroleum Capital received a gas bill with more than 2000% increase, when comparing the due date of May 14 against the next closing of the month of June.
“Last month we paid $8821.30 and now we got a bill for $210,240.53when we had the same amount or less of calories consumed,” assured the Vice President of the institution, Nora Uribe, in dialogue with News 2.0.
The impact on the bill originates from the rate increases applied during the month of April, which averaged 500%, but is also combined with the removal of subsidies to entities that were previously considered as public good and had access to a lower rate, but are now classified as N1 users (that is, with high income and with almost full price of gas at the wellhead).
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“If I didn’t do the math wrong, it’s a 2300% increase, when April inflation was 8.8%. “I don’t know why the gas goes up like this,” said the retired representative.
“We are a non-profit entity, so we don’t know where we are going to get the money to pay this bill.”
And he added: “We have not been able to communicate with the people of Camuzzi and we cannot go to the office because the doors are closed, you cannot enter and you are left outside, shivering from the cold waiting for the door to open. We are going to insist on MondayLet’s see if they give us some money.”
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“We cannot charge retirees a higher fee to pay this bill”
Around 300 members attend the Retirement Center.
“There are many activities that are taught such as Zumba, yoga, gymnastics, knitting, circular dances,” she said, “even with memory workshops because at this age one begins to forget things,” said Nora Uribe.
And he highlighted: “This center, like all others, helps the elderly, there are even people who receive the minimum pension and “We cannot raise the value of the fee because they will not be able to pay it.”
“Aside from this, this bill corresponds to the month of March and April, when gas consumption is still not as high as in the winter, so this will continue to increase,” he finally lamented.
