O Minister of Finance, Dario Durigansaid this Wednesday (6) that Brazil is one of the countries least affected by the rise in oil prices due to conflict in the Middle East and that the impact of the rise in oil prices on fuel prices in Brazil is around 20%.
According to him, however, in Brazil, there is no risk to fuel supply and the country is experiencing stability in LPG prices, despite increases in parts of the world.
Even so, he once again defended the PLP sent by the government to Congress, which authorizes the Union to use extraordinary resources from oil revenues to reduce taxes on fuel.
“We have a debate about gasoline and ethanol. . Today, if I don’t have this authorization, in order to remove some of the tax on gasoline, I have to increase another tax, to maintain neutrality”, he added.
“All the States have now joined with formalization, signatures, except one State, which is a State that we had a lot of difficulty in talking to, the State of Rondônia, there was no response, that state did not join”, he stated.
Durigan stated that it is regrettable that, for political reasons, Rondônia did not join the subsidy. According to him, if the problem were technical, it would have been discussed by other States, for example.
“It is regrettable that we have political issues guiding the country’s decision at a time when we are making a national effort for the benefit of the population”, added the minister.
