The Mayor of Valparaiso Jorge Sharp in a short TikTok video asks that eliminate the specific taxalleging that Chile has the most expensive fuel in Latin America.
Fortunately, they have been declining recently. It is also worth mentioning that Enap reported weekly the variation in the price of fuels in Chile until last week. However, a new Congressional Law will allow the fuel price stabilization mechanism (Mepco) to deliver gasoline and diesel price variations every 21 days, and not weekly as until this week, according to La Tercera.
Mayor Jorge Sharp asks to eliminate the specific tax
In the video uploaded to the TikTok platform of just 18 seconds published this Monday by the mayor of Valparaíso, Jorge Sharp, the community chief appears from a gas station in the port city loading gasoline in his car. It is there where he made a call to the political world in order to lower the price of fuel.
In this regard, he indicated: “Do you really want to do something for the people? Eliminate the specific fuel tax”. And then he added “We have the most expensive fuel in Latin America«, shaking his face with resignation at the high price of gasoline.
It is worth mentioning that due to the rise in the dollar and the increase in energy prices worldwide, taking into account the war in Russia and Ukraine that tightened supplies, the price has been rising. However, local prices have tended to fall in recent weeks.
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In this way, last Thursday consumers received good news when they reported the reduction of 9.2 pesos per liter in all categories of gasoline.
Thus, gasoline with 93 and 97 octane starting tomorrow will have a drop of $9.2 pesos per liter. For its part, the price of diesel will drop by $9.2 pesos per liter ($/lt). While for vehicle use gas will be reduced by $9.2 pesos per liter.
And this could be extended even further. According to the Ministry of Finance, prices could continue to fall in the following weeks, even until the end of February. In reality, and according to benzinaenlinea.cl, the price of 93 octane gasoline is already below $1,300 in a good part of the country.
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