Federal court gives the government 3 days to express its opinion on the mega-increase in fuel prices

In an order this Friday (11), Judge Flávia de Macêdo Nolasco, from the 9th. Federal Court of the Federal District, opened a period of 72 hours for the AGU (Advocacia Geral da União) and Petrobras to express their views on the request for an injunction that requests the suspension of the mega-increase in the price of fuels announced by Petrobras this Thursday.

The request for a preliminary injunction was sent this Thursday (10) by the Mixed Parliamentary Front of the Autonomous and Celetista Truck Driver, which brings together 235 deputies and 22 senators. They demand the immediate suspension of the announced adjustment: an increase of 18.8% in gasoline, 24.9% in diesel and 16.1% in cooking gas sold to distributors.
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The CNTC (National Council for Road Cargo Transport), Sinditac (Union of Autonomous Cargo Transporters) of Guarulhos (SP) and the Union of Autonomous Cargo Transporters of Jundiaí (SP) are also authors of the preliminary suspension request.

As the defendant in the request, the President of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, the AGU (Advocacia Geral da União) and General Joaquim Silva e Luna, current president of Petrobras, are mentioned in the process.

​President of the mixed parliamentary front, federal deputy Nereu Crispim (PSL-RS) cites as the main argument of the request for an injunction the disrespect for legislation that protects consumers, as exposed in the request for an injunction.

“Bolsonaro betrayed the truck drivers. We need sustainable policies”, says the parliamentarian. “We have to suspend this increase based on the maxim of consumer law, according to which it is prohibited to use international indices to readjust prices of services and products internally in Brazil”, says the deputy.

In October of last year, Crispim presented to the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira, an indication that should be taken to President Bolsonaro, requesting a change in the price policy of Petrobras, which transfers the increases in the barrel of oil in the international market to the pumps. of fuel. But the request did not go through, says the deputy.

In 2021, Crispim also presented PL 750/21 to the Chamber, creating a stabilization fund and putting an end to the current policy of parity with international prices, called PPI.

Another bill along the same lines, however, was approved this Thursday (10) by the Senate. And now it goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.