The recent fuel hike has brought the transportation sector to its knees, the Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises, GRTU, said in a statement.

It said that whether the government liked it or not, it was time to see how Enemalta, with the support of the Malta Resource Authority, was taking us everyone for a ride.

“GRTU cannot accept any more a strategy that simply places government as a transmission belt for fuel price increases, and MRA and Enemalta are government.”

The GRTU said that the time for an amatuer approach was over.

“The reality is that with the way the government continues to treat this issue, next month the situation will be worse. Next month will see further increases and the month after even more.

“This is the reality of the current scenario. There is no beating round the bush. If your a haulage contractor, a transport contractor, a business that depends heavily on fuels, GRTU urges you to get down to work and discuss escalation clauses for fuel increases wherever you have business on going,” it said.

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