'Truck drivers will be with oil tankers this Wednesday,' says independent driver.
According to self-employed driver Moisés de Oliveira, the strike continues because there is disagreement with Petrobras' pricing policy, imposed by Pedro Parente's administration; he adds that the concessions made by the Temer government regarding diesel will ultimately affect the poorest segment of the population.
Current Brazil Network - The truckers' strike reached its 9th day this Tuesday (29). According to the self-employed driver Moisés de Oliveira, the strike continues because there is no agreement with Petrobras' pricing policy, imposed by Pedro Parente's management. He adds that the concessions made by the Temer government on diesel will fall on the shoulders of the poorest population.
"We are fighting against the high fuel prices. This is all Pedro Parente's fault, and we don't agree with Petrobras' pricing policy, putting our oil in the hands of foreigners, even though we have refineries here. This agreement needs to be broken to lower the price of fuel and cooking gas. It's no use just lowering the price of diesel and imposing taxes on other products, because the poor will pay the price," says Moisés, in an interview with Rádio Brasil Atual.
The truck driver says the movement is heterogeneous, with several currents of thought trying to take the lead. But he still considers the strike strong and that part of the mobilization will join the 72-hour strike of oil workers tomorrow (30).
"We are in contact with people from Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia, and Pernambuco, and the media says the strike is over, but it's not. Several unions have emerged wanting to embrace the cause, but we realized it's a political cause. We are united with the oil workers; we will support them until they resolve the problem," he said.
The striker also criticized the presence of "political opportunists". Actor Alexandre Frota attended, this Monday (28), one of the main points of the strike in São Paulo, the Regis Bittencourt Highway, in Embu das Artes.
"Yesterday, Alexandre Frota, a right-wing opportunist, showed up to play politics. Opportunists are appearing to talk about politics, but that wasn't our fight. He arrived with his people from the MBL (Free Brazil Movement). There's a lack of a unified discourse here; people from the right are coming here quite a lot, while we don't see the presence of people from the left. They should be with us in the strike, right?", says the protester.