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In Letter Published on Sindipetro’s Website, Truck Drivers Declare Full Support for Oil Workers’ Strike and Challenge Bolsonaro
The strike of oil workers, which enters its 15th day this Saturday, gains support with the letter from truck drivers that will be sent to President Jair Bolsonaro demanding the end of the Import Parity Price (IPP), practiced at oil refineries since 2016 and the cause of high fuel prices in the domestic market. Government Intends to Sell Oil and Gas Areas Beyond 200 Nautical Miles in the 17th Pre-Salt Round
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“Brazilian consumers lose as they have to pay prices for fuels much higher than they should, Petrobras itself loses out with its refineries idling, losing market, jobs, and income to foreign refineries,” points out the letter from truck drivers, which presents a claim identical to that of oil workers.
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According to the president of the National Association of Independent Truckers of Brazil (ANTB), José Roberto Stringasci, “this issue needs to be discussed with all of society, which is affected in all sectors due to high fuel prices. And if we have oil and Petrobras, we can no longer accept this inappropriate charge at the pump.”
Shell is one of the foreign refineries that profits the most, acting as both an importer and exporter. As the second largest oil producer in Brazil, the company has three refineries abroad with Aramco, the largest global producer, and sells to Brazil, explains retired Petrobras economist Cláudio Oliveira, aligned with the truck drivers’ demands.
The letter highlights the discovery of the pre-salt: “… we were blessed with the discovery of the largest reserves that occurred in the world in the last 30 years and we have a state-owned company, Petrobras, a world leader in deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil extraction, which in a few years managed to reduce the cost of oil extraction to just US$ 5 per barrel.”
In another excerpt, it states: “In recent years, the Brazilian economic crisis has hit our category ruthlessly, culminating in the 2018 strike. The solutions presented by the government at the time were temporary measures that did not solve the problem that remains latent.”
According to the letter, the truck drivers agree with the encouragement of building new refineries in the country, but not with the sale of already built and operating refineries, as has been reported by the press. “This would not help at all.”
The letter is signed by the National Association of Independent Truckers of Brazil Liberty and Labor (ANTB), an entity that brings together independent truckers from all over Brazil.
Below You Can Read the Full Letter
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