2011News

Fill up! Anadegas goes on the offensive

Readers are advised to fill up their tanks before the weekend. The National Association of Gasoline Retailers (Anadegas) has announced the start of a nationwide boycott of fuel purchases on Sunday and it will continue for an indefinite period. The gas station operators have a long list of complaints and this latest offensive is a move to force the government to modify the Hydrocarbon Law. As they told the newspapers and all of the popular radio shows, each gas station loses about RD$233,000 a month. Anadegas president Rafael Polanco said that the government receives the benefit of between RD$45 and RD$49 pesos per gallon of gasoline and between RD$32 and RD$38 for each gallon of diesel sold. Polanco also announced a once-weekly vigil outside the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.