«No, it wasn’t alarmism. It wasn’t the usual protest of those who complain about the price of fuel. It wasn’t a feeling from the citizens, it wasn’t generic anger, it wasn’t background noise. Today, the numbers speak for the high cost of fuel in Calabria. And they are heavy numbers.” Codacons writes it, which continues like this. «In the last twelve months – writes Codacons – the GdF has carried out 211 interventions in Calabria regarding price transparency. Of these, 79 had an irregular outcome. The disputed violations are 316. Three hundred and sixteen. Not one episode. Not an isolated case. In detail, 25 irregularities were ascertained relating to the failure to display prices or the discrepancy between the prices indicated and those actually charged, as well as 291 non-compliances relating to the failure to transmit data to the Mimit “Observe fuel prices” portal. And it doesn’t end here. Since March 19, 135 potential statistical anomalies reported by the Price Surveillance Guarantor have been analysed, with 8 investigative activities launched at economic operators active in Calabria. The Ministry confirmed to Codacons that, for our region, 85 situations worthy of further investigation were detected and transmitted to the GdF for petrol and 50 for diesel”.
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