This was stated by the Minister of Energy, Alejandro Aguirre, regarding the campaign to collect signatures that is being carried out in the Province to accompany the collective protection that the Government will present next Thursday the 23rd before the Federal Justice.
“It is very important to collect signatures so that users can adhere to this presentation that will be made on Thursday, whose objective is to achieve a precautionary measure from the Federal Justice to stop these tariff tables that we consider excessive,” he said.
In that sense, the official recalled that “it is not the power of the Province to establish this type of tariff tables with respect to the gas service but rather they are applied through resolutions of the National Energy Secretariat and the National Gas Regulatory Entity. Gas”.
“To generate collective protection we are adding all those affected, both sports clubs and businesses, which are the main affected by the increases, and only some cases in the residential segment according to their gas consumption,” he indicated.
The Minister of Energy explained that the Federal Justice “must resolve a precautionary measure based on the arguments that we put forward from the provincial State, and one of those arguments is that the gradual nature of the increases is not respected and there is legal precedent,” pointing out that “The impact (of the increase) is well above the inflation rates of recent months, so it is excessive.”
“In addition, the rate is dollarized, which is passed on to the user and who will end up paying these increases,” he said.
Likewise, Aguirre questioned that “in this context, discussing whether the increase is ‘a little or a lot’ is starting to discuss a certificate of poverty,” understanding that “nothing is enough for the user with this inflation rate, but it is really excessive.”
“The Governor is speaking with the mayors and governors of Patagonia to have a joint strategy and if it is necessary to present protections separately, have similar arguments to have a quick response from the Federal Justice,” he explained.
Finally, the official assured that “the greater the number of signatories, the more representative the protection will be,” which is why he reiterated the call to the community “for when you see the Government personnel at the different points that have been established in “The three cities support this measure.”
