Parliamentarians and representatives of large private companies gathered on Tuesday night (6) to discuss proposals in the National Congress that seek to strengthen and protect the budget from regulatory agencies, which live a budget crisis.
The meeting was promoted by the Parliamentary Front by competitive Brazil and brought together representatives of banks, power companies, telecommunications companies and retail giants.
During the meeting, private sector representatives presented a study that points out the continuous growth of piracy and fraud in Brazil, generating revenue losses that can reach 20% for companies.
According to executives, this scenario requires that the work of agencies responsible for the supervision and regulation of various sectors of the economy is strengthened.
Another argument presented by the private sector is the lack of legal certainty caused by the delay in appointment to board positions in the agencies.
The companies expressed support for bills presented by Senator Laércio Oliveira (PP-SE), which aim to shield the EA to remove the risk of scrapping in the face of the current tax containment.
Bill 1374/25 and Complementary Bill 73/25 prevent, for example, from budget cuts related to the end activity of agencies in cases where it is funded by their own revenues-such as the feed rate of ANTT fines on highway and railway dealers, a portion of mining royalties for ANM.
The president of the front, deputy Júlio Lopes (PP-RJ), said that the proposals begin to have a “greater receptivity” of the government.
The mobilization of the private sector is seen as another point of pressure on the government, which, according to members of the regulatory system, has ignored the situation of budget shortage faced by the agencies.
Survey made by CNN It shows that the expected budget for agencies in 2025 is significantly lower than the amount requested to recompose accumulated losses in recent years.
Behind the scenes, government members claim that the cuts are being applied broadly, reaching all sectors, not just regulators.
The agencies say that the executive annually withdraws more than R $ 100 billion from their collections, from fines and royalties, to compose the Union’s cashier.
The evaluation between parliamentarians and directors of gifts at the meeting is that the government, given the accelerated growth of expenses, would be “desperate” by new sources of resources and using cuts in the budget of agencies to give sustainability to some programs.
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