The Minister of Environment and Energy today defended that setting fuel prices should be a last resort measure. According to the official, the market should function freely and the State should intervene through taxes and social support, and not through direct price control.
The minister stated that setting prices is a measure that should only be considered as a last resort, highlighting that this decision has consequences for those who pay. The official's position comes in the context of a debate on the increase in fuel costs and the government's measures to protect consumers.
This position is aligned with the government's approach of trusting market mechanisms and the use of fiscal instruments to mitigate the impact of prices on consumers, rather than imposing price controls that may have secondary effects on the economy.
