ZAGREB, June 10 (Hina) - The "Potrosac" (Consumer Protection) association and Action of Social Democrats of Croatia (ASH) on Monday opposed the announcement of price increases for electricity and gas because this would lead to an
increase in living costs.
ZAGREB, June 10 (Hina) - The "Potrosac" (Consumer Protection)
association and Action of Social Democrats of Croatia (ASH) on
Monday opposed the announcement of price increases for electricity
and gas because this would lead to an increase in living costs. #L#
"Potrosac" believes that the decision to increase prices cannot be
made without the Council for the Regulation of Power Supplies which
has not been founded yet. According the Law, the Council should be
responsible for controlling the price of electricity and gas.
The association believes that increasing prices in any other way is
avoiding the law and trying to lay the blame with poor economic
policies at the expense of consumers.
The ASH believes that the announced price increase would represent
one of the harshest blows to the standard of living dealt to
citizens in the past several years.
It is inadmissible to increase the price of power supplies when the
country is facing one of its worst social crisis in recent history,
the ASH said.
The ASH calls on citizens to resist this incomprehensible
decision.
(hina) sp