Kim Kataguiri: Lula signed the "blouse tax" into law. Geraldo Alckmin went on television to say that the "blouse tax" was very important to preserve jobs and the national industry.
Kim Kataguiri: Fernando Haddad went on television to say that smuggling coming from other countries was unfair, that there was trafficking of irregular products being imported because of the lack of the "blouse tax."
Lula himself made statements, at the time of the approval, defending the "blouse tax."
Kim Kataguiri: Magically, in an election year, Lula copies yet another measure from my term and institutes the end of the "blouse tax"—a tax that he himself created, that he himself signed, that PT itself voted for in the plenary of this Chamber of Deputies.
Kim Kataguiri: I challenge any Parliamentarian to contradict me. I challenge any Parliamentarian from the Government’s base, any Parliamentarian from PT to come here and say that I am lying, that PT voted against the "blouse tax."