Speech
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva  ·  2026-09-09 20:36

COMBUSTÍVEIS: MENOS IMPOSTO. MAIS ALÍVIO NO BOLSO.

We will not allow this irresponsible guidance to reach your gas station, much less the food plate of the Brazilian people. Here, Mr. President, this decree that you have just signed is the decree that reduces the federal tax on gasoline, reduces PIS/COFINS by 63 cents per liter of gasoline, and also reduces ethanol taxation by 19 cents. It removes all taxation on hydrated ethanol. Here, Mr. President, once again, is that philosophy you have maintained since the beginning of this war. The people cannot pay for a war that is not theirs, and therefore, you are making an effort here to reduce the price at the pump, reducing the final price to the consumer by removing taxes on gasoline and ethanol. The provisional measure, in the face of the rise in Brent prices and the rise in diesel margins due to the prolonged geopolitical conflict, the MP provides for an additional R $ 1 subsidy for diesel, so that prices remain stable, so there is no impact on the population in terms of price, both regarding diesel and everything else affected by diesel, such as food prices, for example. In other words, so you understand well, I have just signed a decree and I have just signed the provisional measure. The provisional measure is to ensure that we can provide a subsidy to Petrobras and for the industry to not allow the price of the Iran war to hit the pocket of the Brazilian people and their food plate. In other words, we are going to increase the subsidy slightly using the tax collected from Petrobras itself to prevent the price of the war, both for gasoline and otherwise, from reaching the Brazilian people. We have been doing this since the war with the United States began, since Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz. We are ensuring that this does not reach your pocket. And we will continue. We will not allow this irresponsibility to reach your gas station, much less the food plate of the Brazilian people.