The spokesman for the Asociación Nacional de Detallistas de Gasolina, which groups gas stations in the Dominican Republic, said that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce should not wait for popular sectors to pressure for a decline in the prices of gasoline. General Hector Valenzuela said that the government should apply its own Resolution 128-96, which provides for a decline in prices every time international prices drop. The ruling states that the government will publish every Friday a listing of the price of gasoline and gasoil, which will fluctuate depending on the fluctuations in the cost of fuel purchased by the government. Press reports indicate that the price of fuel has declined 30% since October.
