“I want to make it clear that the whole world is suffering from the war between Ukraine and Russia (which has an impact) on the price of fuel, Brazil has the cheapest fuel in the world, but it is still expensive, we want to find a solution, some want us to go to Petrobras and punch the table, but that would not solve the situation”said the president.
“The price (diesel) is high, there are many truckers who are going to stop, I know. I’m sorry, they are going to stop because they no longer bear that tax burden” on fuels, he added on Thursday night in the usual broadcast on I live for social networks.
Days ago, Bolsonaro had expressed the possibility that the head of Petrobras, General Joaquim Silva e Luna, would avoid a high increase. But the oil company opted for adjust prices following their usual policythat is, following the increase in the barrel of oil in the international market. Meanwhile, Congress approved last night a project promoted by the national government which reduces the tax on Operations Related to the Circulation of Goods (ICMS) that affects the price of fuel.
The ICMS is a tax that benefits state governments, which will stop collecting 16 billion reais (3 billion dollars).
The coordinator of the Forum of Governors, Wellington Dias, declared that the norm voted yesterday “is unconstitutional” for which the case must be taken to the Federal Supreme Court.
In parallel groups of truckers announced that they can declare a strike against rising prices despite the alliance they have maintained with Bolsonaro since 2018, when he supported a strike that shook the government of then-president Michel Temer.
According to the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo there could be carrier force measures this Friday in the states of São Paulo, Paraná, in the southeastern and southern regions, and in Mato Grosso and Pará, these in the Amazon.
Truck drivers do not have a unified leadership and part of the sector can promote an appeal before the Justice to prevent the rise in diesel.
On the other hand, in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia tonight, long lines of vehicles were observed waiting to refuel before the increase in force starting this Friday.
Both in these cities and in other capitals, several gas stations began to sell a liter of gasoline for more than 7 reais (almost 1.2 dollars), anticipating the entry into force of the increase.
Source: Ambito
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