Transport businessman and former legislator, Juan Hubieres is now seeking to be the presidential candidate for the Frente Amplio. He ran for senator for that same minority party in the 2016 elections in an alliance with the Partido Revolucionario Moderno. He lost to the PLD candidate, Cristina Lizardo.
Hubieres is the president of the Federación Nacional de Transportistas La Nueva Opción (Fenatrano), the largest single affiliation of buses and minibuses that has exclusive rights to several key routes in Greater Santo Domingo. His affiliates have been known to maintain their virtual monopoly using strong-arm tactics.
Hubieres is on the warpath recently, demanding the government reduce the price of fuel for the vehicles that serve passengers. He has called for unannounced work stoppages by Fenatrano affiliates, primarily at peak hours. He has called for a change in the Hydrocarbons Law 112-00 and that the formula the government uses to decide on the weekly price of fuel be made public.
Hubieres has announced a transport work stoppage for Wednesday, 17 October 2018.
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Listin Diario
16 October 2018
