“I am going to make a call to the importers, marketers, wholesalers of food to what Stop abusing the Salvadoran people o Don’t complain later“, he warned Bukele during a meeting with his government cabinet broadcast on a national radio and television network.
The president, who on June 1, assumed the Presidency for a second consecutive term in spite of the constitutional prohibitionnoted that he hopes that “Tomorrow food prices will be lower than they are now (…) expect lower prices or they will have problems“.
Bukele assured, without giving details, that they have identified “abuses” and “food importers, wholesalers and marketers who are committing these abuses, with the confidence that There is no criminal penalty for abusingare booked for tax evasionbribes, for smuggling food, for false statements and those (practices) are criminal.”
“They are all signed and you know itYou know the crimes you have committed, It will not be a fine for the increase in food that we are going to wear. Don’t complain laterI hope that tomorrow the food is at lower prices than they are now,” he said without specifying.
He added: “It is not a jokeas we told the gangs in 2019 and they realized that It was not a joke. Importers, traders, distributors and wholesalers food stop abusingThere are increases that are not justified, but because of a rumor, prices are raised to double, which is an abuse.”
Local press reports indicate that the urban basic food basket in The Savior reached the US$256.56 in May 2024, an increase of 3.51% compared to the US$247.86 registered in May 2023.
The rural basket was located in the US$179.08 by May 2024, which represents a downward variation of US$9.76 compared to its price in the same period in 2023, which was US$188.84.
Among the elements that constitute this basic food basket is located bread, corn tortillas, beans, rice, meats, eggs and fruitsamong others, for a family of regarding 4 members.
The minimum wage in The Savior In the area trade and services is of US$365 in the maquila sector is US$354.36.
Meanwhile, agricultural workers receive a salary between US$243.45 y US$272.66
Message from Bukele
The president added, in his X account, reasons why he is asking for food prices to be lowered.
The free market is a system in which the prices of goods and services are regulated by supply and demand, and competition drives improvements in quality and reductions in prices.
But activities such as cartel formation, tax evasion, bribery… pic.twitter.com/QjKMg0ENqy
— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) July 6, 2024
#prices #problems
