AMMAN — Owners
of gas stations and gas distributors staged a sit-in Monday to demand higher
commissions, saying the current percentage is no longer feasible, considering
successive fuel price hikes which raised their transport bill while
distributing gas
cylinders and diesel.
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Following the
several-hour sit-in outside the General Association of petrol and Gas Distribution Station Owners, demands were delivered to the Ministry of Transport.
Muhammad Ismail,
one of the protesters who owns a gas station, told
Jordan News that of the 200 protesters, 20 went with a association official to the Ministry
of Transport, where a meeting was held with the ministry’s deputy
secretary-general. He said the group then went to the
Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission.
“We are
suffering because of the high price of diesel and fuel, the high cost of living
and the high prices of car parts,” he said.
“So, gas distribution vehicles are now unable to roam the streets
because they will need about JD20 of diesel at least, plus the wages of the
worker and the driver, as well as vehicle maintenance.”
The association’s
president, Nahar Al-Saeedat, said he sensed “understanding” in the meetings
held with government officials.
“There is
understanding on the problems that workers in this sector suffer from, and work
is underway to find solutions to them,” Saeedat told
Jordan News.
He said the
government officials he met earlier in the day requested documented details
from the association on the raised commission sought by its members.
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