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There is no reason to ban privatizations, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said during an interview to release the results of the General Register of Employees and Unemployed (Caged) in August. According to the minister, there is a rumor that the mayor, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), would have closed an agreement with the left in order not to guide the privatizations. Maia’s answer was short: “Paulo Guedes is unbalanced. Too bad ”, he told Value.
Guedes used the same verb that Maia used yesterday on social media, questioning why the minister would have banned the discussion on tax reform.
“We need to resume privatization,” the minister said, referring to the investment agenda. Congress is analyzing authorizations for the sale of state companies, including Eletrobras.
Maia scoffed at the fact that the economy minister promised in July that he would carry out four major privatizations in 90 days, which did not happen.
Yesterday, the mayor questioned the reasons why the economy minister is banning the debate on tax reform. The congressman used social networks to pressure Guedes to send the second part of the proposal to the National Congress.
On Monday, government allies indicated that the text had not yet been sent because there was no agreement with party leaders. “Why did Paulo Guedes ban the debate on tax reform?” Maia wrote on his official Twitter page.
Without agreement with the base, the government did not send the proposal to create the tax on digital transactions in the line of the old CPMF. The text was expected to be submitted early in the week. In July, Guedes declared, at an XP Investimentos event, that Maia had banned debate on the proposal.
Earlier this month, Maia said she broke off the conversation with Guedes after the minister vetoed members of the economic team from speaking to the mayor.
During the Caged press conference, Guedes commented on economic activity. “We remain optimistic about the performance of the economy,” he said, adding that investments are on the way. He cited an estimate of R $ 1.2 billion in investments over the next ten years. The minister congratulated the governor of Alagoas, Renan Filho, for the success in the auction of the state sanitation company.
“We reaffirm our commitment to the reforms,” he said. “Despite the criticism, the truth is that Brazil worked during the crisis with great energy.”
The minister once again defended 3D (de-indexing, liberation and untying), stating that public budgets should be under political decision, and not with 96% of the money “sealed”, as is currently the case.
– Photo: Reproducao / Youtube
