Jean Paul Prates: "The fear of corruption cannot be an excuse to buy everything from abroad."
"We shouldn't abandon ambitious goals like producing ships or building wind farms because corruption might happen. We must fight corruption," said Prates.
247 - The president of Petrobrás, Jean Paul Prates, stated this Thursday (2), in the state of Rio de Janeiro, that the country's development projects cannot be at the mercy of the risk of corruption.
"I think the country is becoming increasingly mature in dealing with this type of issue. The fear of corruption cannot be an excuse for having to buy everything from abroad, because you can't make public financing work properly, or contract a project," said the president of Petrobras in a press conference.
"We have to correct the problems. There have already been several historical traumas; we will learn from them and reach a reasonable level in this type of process. We shouldn't abandon ambitious goals like producing ships, building wind farms, developing technology, or paving a road because corruption might occur. We must fight corruption," Prates added.
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The statement was a criticism of the idea that foreign businessmen are the solution to pull the country out of the economic crisis. After the coup against Dilma Rousseff in 2016, right-wing politicians and the then-Operation Lava Jato tried to convey to the population the message that the State is the main reason for the crisis, and advocated for an increase in the number of privatizations, which was put into practice by the governments of Michel Temer (MDB) and Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
The Petrobras executive also stated that the Import Parity Price (PPI) will not be the only reference. for the definition of the values of products sold in the national market. He said that "the government does not consider the PPI (Producer Price Index) adequate as a reference for prices in a country that is self-sufficient in oil".