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The Former President Of The Republic Who Is Also A Pre-Candidate In This Year’s Elections Also Said That He Would “Brazilianize” The Prices Of Fuels If He Wins
The former President of the Republic and also a pre-candidate in the 2022 elections, Lula, gave an interview on the morning of this Friday (29) to Radio Jornal de Pernambuco. On that occasion, the member of the Workers’ Party said that it is not true that the current rise in fuel prices in Brazil is related to the war in Ukraine.
It happens that since 2016, Petrobras has a policy of setting fuel prices based on the international dollar value. Despite the country producing more oil than it consumes, thus being called self-sufficient, there is still a need to import the product. And one of the main exporters in the world is Russia, which has been suffering economic sanctions for invading Ukraine.
Lula – once again – criticized this current model created during Michel Temer’s government and said that he will implement actions to reduce the high price of gasoline and cooking gas under a system he called “Brazilianize” the values. For the former president, the price does not need to be based on import parity and promised: “Get ready because you will fill your car’s tank with the price of gasoline in reais.”
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“It is not true that the war in Ukraine has an influence on prices (of gasoline) here in Brazil. 50% of the Brazilian inflation is the responsibility of prices controlled by the Government. It’s electricity, diesel, and gasoline. The government should be ashamed and have the courage to tell Petrobras that prices will not be internationalized,” Lula said in an interview with Radio Jornal de Pernambuco.
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In the rhythm of a pre-election campaign, Lula has been giving several interviews to radios across Brazil, with the price of fuels being one of the main topics addressed, after all, Brazilians have suffered from the escalation in prices in recent months.
The speech this Friday to Radio Jornal de Pernambuco was very similar to the one three weeks ago at Radio Jangadeiro in Ceará. On that occasion, the member of the Workers’ Party used the term “Brazilianize” while promising a new policy on gasoline prices and criticized the end of the partnership between Petrobras and BR Distribuidora.
“When they split BR Distribuidora, they said there would be more competition. Today we have 392 companies importing gasoline and selling at international prices,” he said. Regarding inflation, he stated that “50% is due to prices controlled by the government, prices that the government could control but is not controlling,” he said.
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