The vice-president of the Regional Government (RG), Pedro Calado reiterated this morning, to all those present during the Regional Chamber video conference that citizens from all of the island’s municipalities are exempt from both water and electricity charges between the 16th and the 31st of March.
As for water, Pedro Calado confirmed that the government decided to exempt all consumers from paying for consumption during this period and that “No citizen will be discriminated against” during his video conference with the Mayors of (Câmara de Lobos, Funchal, Ribeira Brava, Ponta do Sol, Calheta, Porto Moniz, São Vicente, Santana and Porto Santo), as well as the Regional Secretary for Inclusion and Citizenship, Augusta Aguiar, Regional Secretary for Economy, Rui Barreto, Regional Secretary for Health, Pedro Ramos and the president of the Regional Civil Protection Service, José António Dias.