"Situation Is Unsustainable": Ventura Insists on the Decrease of VAT on Fuels and on the Food Basket
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<p>António Mendonça Mendes of the PS defended himself from the accusations of Hugo Carneiro, who said that socialists want to lower VAT on fuels.</p>
"Situation Is Unsustainable": Ventura Insists on the Decrease of VAT on Fuels and on the Food Basket
André Ventura, challenged, last week, the secretary-general of the PS, José Luís Carneiro, to approve the reduction of VAT on the fuels of the current 23% for the intermediate rate, by 13%. The Arri also presented a proposal of zero VAT for essential food goods.
In this Friday's urgent debate, the socialist leader confronted the government with past statements by the finance minister to accuse the executive of contradiction.
The Socialist Party (PS) claims that it is necessary to relieve the tax burden on fuels, but will vote against the draft law of the CHEGA that proposes to temporarily reduce VAT on fuels from 23% to 13%. The decision was confirmed by José Luís Carneiro. The content After all, the PS will vote against the decrease of VAT on fuels proposed by the CHEGA appears first in the National Sheet.
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