Lula defends that gas should become part of the basic food basket; promises to reduce inflation and interest rates

Lula also promised an annual increase in the minimum wage above inflation and readjustments to organized categories (Image: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)

the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)placed first in the polls for voting intentions in the dispute for Planalto Palacedefended this Tuesday that gas should become part of the basic food basket, and promised that he will work to reduce inflation and the rate of fees if elected.

When commenting on the granting of the Emergency Aid until December, which he considered an electoral maneuver by the president and candidate for reelection Jair Bolsonaro (PL)Lula recommended that the population accept the money and use it, as well as the so-called gas voucher.

“He (Bolsonaro) has now decided to give the gas voucher… it’s not just now that people can’t buy gas. In fact, gas will have to be part of this country’s basic food basket,” Lula said at an event in Campina Grande, Paraíba.

Lula also promised an annual increase in the minimum wage above inflation and readjustments to organized categories.

He also repeated that public companies such as Bank of Brazil and the Federal Savings Bank will not be privatized, in addition to warning that it will regain “control” over the Petrobras.

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Source: Moneytimes

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