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Sara to urge dad Digong to call for special session 'as a Pinoy citizen'
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio expressed willingness to urge President Duterte to call a special session of Congress to address the escalating fuel prices.
She will make this appeal not as a daughter but as a concerned Filipino citizen amidst projections of gasoline prices reaching P100 per liter.
The recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia has exacerbated the global crude market uncertainties, though local fuel prices have been rising since early 2021.
Since the start of 2021, accumulated price increases have reached P30.90 per liter for gasoline, P31.75 for diesel, and P25.94 for kerosene.
Duterte-Carpio's UniTeam coalition is proposing two solutions: the suspension of excise taxes on fuel, which requires legislation, and the study of an oil price stabilization fund.
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are currently on recess due to the election campaign.
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