Leaders of the ruralist bench in Congress criticized on Tuesday (28) in order to lower the price of food.
Members of the president’s party state that this is the only measure capable of having immediate and relevant effect on that of the sector.
President of the Parliamentary Front of Agriculture, Federal Deputy Pedro Lupion (PP-PR) said the proposal remains “against Maré” and goes in the opposite direction “to the economic development of Brazilians”.
According to the view of the petista wing that defends the measure, the temporary taxation of exports would force agribusiness to direct a larger share of production to the domestic market, with immediate impact on prices.
Data from Conab (National Supply Company), for example, show that rice, beans and wheat have shrunk in the last 20 years in the menu of national grain production from 18% to 7% of the total, while soy and corn, which are among Most exported commodities in Brazil, rose from 76% to 89% of the total cake.
Former Minister of De Jair Bolsonaro (PL), Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS) said it was necessary to value the Brazilian agro and “the great work of food security” he performs. According to her, the proposal of PT members is on the wrong way.
Lupion and Cristina are in Brussels, Belgium, on an official mission to the European Parliament.
A member of the ministerial group that discusses the proposals, Minister Paulo Teixeira (agrarian development), who is from the PT, did not respond if the matter has already been debated internally or with Lula, but said the proposal “has no chance to thrive”.
“President Lula made it clear that he will not take heterodox measures,” he said.
In 2022, when he was a federal deputy mandate, Teixeira signed along with 21 petist colleagues bill establishing the tax export and meat exports in case of need. He said he signed the measure only for her to be processed.
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