Parliament considers that gasoline will be rationed after Maduro's announcement

Caracas .- The Energy and Oil Committee of Parliament estimated Monday that the announcement of the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, regarding the conduct of a census for "use rational "of the essence, obeys a" rationing policy "which will also serve to" political control ".

"We believe that this is due, on the one hand, to a policy of fuel rationing that will be postponed, to a rise in prices, and of course still behind all that there are mechanisms of political control in the consumption of goods and services, "said the deputy Jorge Millán, member of the Energy and Oil Commission, at the EFE

.This is complicated after the American company, ConocoPhillips, seized the refinery operated by Pdvsa in Curaçao, claiming that this platform was supplying gasoline to the country

"Conoco's action also complicates in the supply of fuel by seizing the refinery on the island. the island of Curaçao, which provided some of the fuel to Venezuela and the government is not able to continue to cover this area, it is willing to significantly increase, to a significant rationing. "Millán for EFE.

This Saturday [1 9459007] Maduro said the country needed "rational" and "fair" use of gasoline and pointed out that "tons" of fuel were being diverted to the Caribbean and Colombia.

The head of state, who insisted that a "new energy policy" be applied without going into details, also asked the country's vehicle owners to To be registered through the "Patriot's Notebook", an instrument through which the government controls social assistance

The same day, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) ), who discusses proposals on economic and political issues at Maduro's request, reported that the debate over the gradual increase in the price of gasoline or the internationalization of it.

Parliament's committee believes that a "significant increase" in the price of gasoline is something that will impact capacity The mobilization of Venezuelans, amid the crisis of the sector transport, today paralyzed 90%, and facing down

Meanwhile, opposition leaders like Andrés Velásquez or MP Luis Stefanelli expressed, through social networks, his rejection of Maduro's announcement because they also see it as a measure of social and political control.

For their part, Venezuelan carriers will evaluate between today and tomorrow when they will submit to this census, according to the President of the Transportation Association of Japan. 39, west of Caracas, Hugo Ocando, on private radio Union Radio

The carrier indicated that previously it considered this census as a "mockery" and a measure of government to win of time because of the shortage of spare parts for vehicles and for which 90% of the public transport units are paralyzed

"What is the biggest census they will do to us? Mission Transport? " he said Ocando refer to the social program whereby the government promised the delivery of spare parts before the shortage and complained that "all the time" there is a "control ".

"They even forced us to take out the map of the country (…) if we did not have the country's identity card, they did not sell us of supplies (materials, spare parts) so we had to swear it "noted the president of the association.