In a tense meeting, the board of directors authorized Petrobras’ board to readjust the price of diesel, sources present at the report said. CNN .
An increase in the price of diesel should occur in the next few days, as had been defended by the technical area. The gap between international and local prices reaches 26% in the state-owned company’s accounts, which could compromise imports and supplies to the country.
According to people who attended the meeting, the chairman of the board of directors, Márcio Weber, reported that he had received a letter from the Chief of Staff, Ciro Nogueira, about a possible diesel subsidy program and proposed that the state-owned company wait until Monday to make a decision.
José Mauro Coelho, president of Petrobras, argued that the company had already waited for the approval of the ICMS reduction in Congress and that it is not possible to wait any longer. There was disagreement between the boards, but the decision to maintain the power of the board prevailed.
Source: CNN Brasil
