Truckers' protest against rising diesel prices has now reached 17 states.
The Temer government is under pressure from truck drivers, who are staging an indefinite strike on highways in 17 states; as a result, Michel Temer has called an emergency meeting today to discuss the high fuel prices, a demand of the truckers.
247 - Michel Temer's government is under intense pressure from truck drivers this Monday, the 21st, a day of national protest due to record high fuel prices. The group is staging an indefinite strike on highways in 17 states. As a result, Temer has called an emergency meeting for 18 PM to discuss the high fuel prices, a demand of the truck drivers.
Early in the morning, there were demonstrations in Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, and Tocantins.
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Temer calls meeting to discuss rise in fuel prices.
By Yara Aquino and Renata Giraldi - Reporters from Agência Brasil - President Michel Temer called an emergency meeting for today (21) to discuss the rise in fuel prices. The meeting takes place at a time when truck drivers have launched an indefinite strike that is blocking highways in at least ten states. The truck drivers are complaining about the readjustment of diesel prices.
The meeting, at the Planalto Palace, is scheduled for 18 PM. The ministers Moreira Franco (Mines and Energy), Eduardo Guardia (Finance), Eliseu Padilha (Chief of Staff), Esteves Colnago (Planning), and the Secretary of the Federal Revenue, Jorge Rachid, have been called to participate in the conversation with the president.
In the morning, the presidents of the Senate, Eunício Oliveira (MDB-CE), and the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), announced a general commission in Congress for the 30th that will monitor the developments of the fuel price adjustment policy in the country.
This morning, Guardia said the government is examining a reduction in fuel taxes, but has not yet made a decision on the matter. In a teleconference with the foreign press, he stated that measures to reduce constant price fluctuations are being discussed, but stressed that the government currently lacks "fiscal flexibility."