Africa-Press – Angola. The UNITA party this Thursday discouraged the practice of acts of violence in Angola, particularly that practiced by motorcycle taxi drivers.
In a press conference, the Parliamentary Group of this political force considered that violence generates violence, and defended the need for an open dialogue in society.
According to the party, which reacted to the protests of taxi drivers and motorcycle taxi drivers in the provinces of Huambo and Huíla, as a result of the adjustment in the price of gasoline, all types of violence or execution of citizens must be repudiated.
He announced, on the other hand, that he will propose to the Plenary of the National Assembly, in the session of 22 June, as a matter of urgency, the constitution of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances of the incidents registered in Huambo and Lubango.
The Government announced, this week, the adjustment of the price of gasoline, which went from 160 to 300 kwanzas per litre.
The new table, which does not cover taxis, motorcycle taxis and artisanal fishing vessels, came into force on Friday, June 2nd, after being announced by the Executive.
With the withdrawal of the gradual subsidy on the price of gasoline, the State saves 400 billion kwanzas, with a weight of 40 percent in fuel subsidies.
The Government refers that the attribution of subsidies to fuel prices is an economic and social measure, resulting from a combination of fiscal policy and income and price policy, supported by Presidential Decree n.o 206/11, of 29 July , which approves the General Bases for the Organization of the National Price System and by Presidential Decree No. 283/20, of 27 October.
Data collected show that, in 2022, the State assumed a total subsidy of Kz 1.98 billion, with diesel being the fuel that represents the greatest weight of this expenditure, with Kz 1.35 billion (68.1% of the total). Gasoline has a value of Kz 458.78 billion (23.2% of the total).
Until December 2022, market prices stood at 452%, 578%, 202% and 279% above the prices set, respectively for LPG (kitchen gas), Illuminating Oil, Gasoline and Diesel, having generated subsidies at prices of Kz 551 billion, Kz 1.2 billion, and Kz 1.98 billion, respectively in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, totaling Kz 3.73 billion for the period in question.
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