Maaaring imbestigahan ng mga tagapagregula ang kolusyon ng mga kompanya ng langis

Sinabi ng dating pinuno ng anti-trust ng gobyerno na may kapangyarihan ang Philippine Competition Commission at Energy Regulatory Commission na imbestigahan ang mga kompanya ng langis dahil sa kolusyon. Ito ay ibinahagi ni Economy Secretary Arsenio Balisacan sa pagdinig ng Kamara. Hinikayat din ng mga kinatawan ang mas mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng mga ahensya sa gitna ng krisis sa gasolina.

Sa pagdinig ng joint committee on Legislative Energy Action and Development, sinabi ni Economy, Planning, and Development Secretary Arsenio Balisacan na hindi natinanggalan ng kapangyarihan ang gobyerno laban sa kolusyon sa industriya ng langis na nadesregula na. Siya ang dating chair ng Philippine Competition Commission noong panahon ng Duterte administration.

"I think the issue here is that the oil regulators are not exercising their powers to make sure that market players are being fair in the way they play their game in the market," ani Balisacan. Idinagdag niya na sa isang highly concentrated industry na may iilang malalaking player lamang, madali ang cartel-like behavior, katulad ng sa OPEC.

Tumugon si Rep. Miro Quimbo ng House ways and means committee na kailangan ng mas malakas na pagpapatupad ng PCC at ERC, lalo na dahil sa epekto ng krisis sa gasolina mula sa digmaan ng US-Israel laban sa Iran. "In reality, the government has sufficient powers... to be able to prevent, determine, investigate, and penalize individuals who are excessively profiteering," sabi niya.

Samantala, hinikayat ni ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio ang Department of Energy na i-unbundle ang presyo ng langis at ipakita ang tunay na kita ng mga kompanya. "Unbundle oil prices now. If there is truly no overpricing, then transparency should be the easiest thing to provide," aniya, na nagduda sa mas mataas na pagtaas ng lokal na presyo kumpara sa world market.

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