Gleisi attacks critics of possible reduction in food import tax
The president of the PT, Gleisi Hoffmannsaid that criticism from representatives of the agricultural sector to the idea of reducing food import taxes, mentioned by the minister Rui Costa (House), are motivated by an early campaign of the president’s opponents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The petista leader spoke on her profile at X, former Twitter, this Saturday, 25.
“The agricultural bench has already begun to spread lies about President Lula’s decision to work to reduce the price of food. Contrary to what their representatives say, Lula is not blaming or acting against agribusiness in the issue of food cost, ”said the PT president.
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“The president had measures, which have not yet been announced yet to guarantee food at the people’s table. Can anyone be against a guidance for the good of the population? Only political and electoral motivation can explain the shouting against a government that funded the sector with the largest Crop plan of the history of the country. In fact, the opposition is already campaigning for 2026, ”he said.
Food inflation was the main subject in the government summit in recent days. Lula mentioned the theme publicly, and began to charge from his proposals on the subject.
After meeting last Friday (24) Rui Costa said the government would study reduce tax import taxes whose prices are higher in the domestic market than abroad-which could increase competition with national producers of some types of Food, not yet disclosed by the Executive.
Also on Friday, the president of Parliamentary Front of AgricultureDeputy Pedro Lupion (PP-PR), distributed to journalists a text in which he criticized the measures. “The idea of reducing food import rates is another desperate and poorly thoughtful measure of the government, which insists on ignoring macroeconomic problems, inflationary control, uncontrolled gear and exorbitant public spending,” he said.
“The prices of Brazilian agricultural products follow world standards, announce that it will open imports is simply demagogic scene play to induce the population to think they are doing something practical to lower prices,” said the deputy. For him, the possibility of reducing import tax is a “disastrous attempt, purely political, to deceive the population.”
