Crys asked the parties to repeal the fuel tax

CDS-PP President Asuncion Cristas asked parties on Saturday to revoke the fuel tax surcharge, which will go to the final vote this week in the House, accusing the government of creating a false neutral tax.

"This week is the final vote and we want this additional petroleum tax (ISP) to be repealed. We are fighting in Parliament and on the ground today, from north to south of the country, by contacting Assunção Cristas

The leader of the CDS-PP met with reporters at the end of an action that led to a petrol pump in São Domingos Rana, a parish of Carcavelos, in the district of Lisbon

On June 21, the bill to eliminate the additional petroleum product tax (ISP) was approved in general.

According to the centrist leader, the people "have n but they" do not "… have no idea of ​​the proportion "of it. The CDS-PP equipped with a mobile phone application showed that people who filled the depots with diesel or gasoline were the ones who paid the taxes, namely VAT and ISPs

"We know that we can not tax, but we can eliminate the surtax created in 2016 because it was a promise of the government that would constitute a tax neutral for the people's pocket," he said. He underlines.

Assunção Cristas also recalled that 2016 and the current ones and if someone now must provide a car with a 60-liter fuel tank at the end of a year, he will pay "nearly a thousand euros if we talk about diesel and 650 euros if it's gasoline "

" The proposal we make is consistent with what was provided in the budget, we understand that c & d It is possible from a legal and constitutional point of view, if some parties have doubts, they already approve on January 1 and we will already have a measure

Among the simulations that journalists could watch while the motorists filled their deposits, they found that in 36 liters of diesel, which cost 50 euros, only taxes were 26.20 euros, distributed 16.92 euros in ISP and 9.28 in VAT

"More than half of the bill that is paid is taxes and if we can withdraw the one that is in surplus one can already to save something, "said Assunção Cristas to one of the motorists, a young man who revealed that 1/3 of his wages are spent on fuel, recognizing that" it would be a help to lower this tax. "

The socialist government introduced u in 2016 the so-called extra on gasoline and diesel, when oil prices, which have risen during that time, have reached historically low levels, including the barrel of Brent