Hearing at the STF will analyze the application of fines for truck drivers’...

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Next Monday (20/8), the Federal Supreme Court will hold a public hearing with the 151 companies fined for blocking highways during the truck drivers' strike in May. The fines applied to transport companies have so far totaled R$715.4 million.


The case's rapporteur, minister B2B Lead Alexandre de Moraes, decided to call businesspeople and government representatives after questions made by the defendants. In June, when scheduling the hearing, the minister suspended the execution of the fines. According to him, the meeting serves to “provide publicity and homogeneity in the treatment of issues raised” by the companies that appealed the fines.

The Attorney General's Office of the Union, the Attorney General's Office of the Republic, the Ministry of Transport, the National Land Transport Agency, the National Transport Confederation and the National Confederation of Autonomous Transporters were summoned to participate.

Penalties
Carriers claim that penalties are being applied to everyone whose vehicles were on the blocked roads, without differentiating who was actually participating in the blockade and who was being prevented from traveling.



According to the Brazilian Trans and Logistics Association of Dangerous Products (ABTLP), the penalty added to the property losses in goods, caused by the strike itself, could lead to the bankruptcy of some of the companies.