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This same call was joined this Sunday by President Gustavo Petro who assured that the deficit in the price of oil is 10 billion per quarterwhich indicates a total of 40 billion annually.
“Almost half of the national budget deficit. It occurs when the price of gasoline does not rise“wrote the president.
President Petro indicated that “half of the national budget deficit is due to a growing subsidy to gasoline consumers”, a situation that puts some sectors of the country at risk, for which he proposes a debate on the matter.
“It is worth subsidizing gasoline for 40 billion when the infant mortality rate due to malnutrition doubles?”, the president questioned.
Within the same statement on his Twitter account, President Petro stated that “the other side of not raising gasoline and increasing the fund’s deficit is let hunger and poverty increase in Colombia“.
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Increase in the price of gasoline
Among the discussion that took place in this social network, Gustavo Petro indicated that will have to raise the price of gasolineHowever, they are not going to touch the derivatives of the ACPM.
“We say to gasoline consumers that we will return to the path of price growth, and that the object will be no more than to reduce the irresponsibly accumulated deficit. We will not touch ACPM derivatives,” he wrote.
