“We recognize the sense of anguish in the population, but we have to ask the social group that voted for us to make this effort, for us to be able to satisfy the country’s energy demands,” Aranguren said. According to Aranguren, users should still pay their bills if they can afford it, as eventually they could be refunded for any extra charges if they are suspended or restructured. The Minister’s remarks came on the same day in which the La Plata Federal Appeal’s court said that a final resolution on whether the hikes to natural gas decreed by Aranguren would be greenlighted or not will arrive tomorrow. In his view, “the way we were going, if nothing had been done then we were going to run out of energy. The country’s top tribunal had requested a rationale from the government some weeks ago, as a response to the host of legal conficts that spread nationwide after the hikes.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald August 03, 2016 03:11 UTC