President Jair Bolsonaro said this Monday (30) that Petrobras could “break Brazil” if there are new increases in diesel and attacked governors for questioning the ICMS reduction approved by the Chamber.
“It is a crime to charge one real ICMS per liter of diesel oil,” Bolsonaro said during a press conference scheduled to address the federal government’s actions to help victims of the floods that killed dozens of people in Pernambuco.
The president, however, ended up dealing with several other matters unrelated to the tragedy, and said that the governors want to make cash with ICMS even though they already have resources.
“As I warned last month, Petrobras could break Brazil with this”, the president continued.
According to Bolsonaro, the federal government is trying to find legal ways, “without interfering”, to lower fuel prices.
Last week, the government announced yet another change in the presidency of Petrobras, the third in three years, in yet another attempt to control increases in fuel prices.
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