Is he deliberately lying, or is he only stupid that he understands nothing about economy?
The government is actually profiting a lot from the energy price hike, as they get much more taxes as a result of higher energy prices. They are making more money and the energy companies are profiting billions as a direct result of the price hike. All the government needs to do in order to lower the energy price, is to reduce the taxes on oil and gas and the energy companies need to fix their profits to the same level they earned before the war in Ukraine - instead of profiting from the public’s suffering.