With the departure of Alexandre Barreto from the General Superintendence of the (Administrative Council for Economic Defense), last Thursday (25), the position must be occupied on an interim basis by Felipe Roquete, current deputy superintendent of the body.
Roquete is appointed as . He is a career civil servant and has been at Cade since 2012. At the organization, he served as general coordinator of antitrust analysis and was an advisor in the General Superintendence office in 2017.
The choice will be made by the president of Cade, Diogo Thomson de Andrade, and should be formalized in the coming days. The definitive name, however, still needs to be nominated by the president (PT) and go through a Federal hearing.
The president of the House, (União-AP), wants to nominate allies in the body, but the strained relationship with President Lula has stopped the nominations. Both the General Superintendence and the Presidency of Cade will be occupied by interim names. The definitive ones still depend on approval from the Senate.
Furthermore, Cade only has four of its six advisors. Lula hasn’t sent it yet
Roquete was not his predecessor’s favorite to occupy the chair. The market is betting that Roquete’s appointment
Important decisions are passed through the body, such as those relating to and the actions of big techs. As shown by Sheetthe interim president of the body intends to create .
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