Kim Kataguiri: Mr. President, I think they learned nothing from the Sarney Government.
Kim Kataguiri: When there is a price increase, the solution is to criminalize the price increase, which causes shortages, which causes smuggling, which strengthens organized crime.
I'm eager to see the little people with the little star going to inspect the stations, the distributors or Petrobras itself, putting up signs "Lula's Inspector", to see if price control will work.
Kim Kataguiri: It's obvious that this has no economic effect; it's pure populism, pure demagoguery.
Kim Kataguiri: Look at what the text says: price increase in, quote, "supply crisis or relevant market instability".