Former federal deputy Odair Cunha took office this Wednesday, 20th, as minister of the Federal Audit Court (TCU). In his speech, he defended what he called politics with a “capital P”, when talking about dialogue with the technical role of the institution. The former parliamentarian had his name approved by the Legislative Branch in April.
“Politics is not the opposite of technique, it is its destiny, it is what transforms the norm into justice, procedure into result, audit into a constructed school. Without politics, the most refined technique is nothing more than an exercise in precision in a vacuum, in inapplicable technocracy”, he declared in a speech.
The Senate approved the nomination of Odair Cunha by 50 votes to 8. He now occupies the vacancy left by Aroldo Cedraz. The TCU is made up of nine ministers. Six of them are appointed by the National Congress and three by the President of the Republic (one from the auditors, one from the Public Ministry at the court and one freely appointed by the head of the Executive Branch).
Odair Cunha is the first approved former parliamentarian who, until then, was affiliated with the Workers’ Party (PT). Despite having governed the country from 2003 to 2016, the PT had never managed to register a party member at the Federal Court of Auditors.
Authorities attend the inauguration
During the inauguration ceremony of the new minister, the president of the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU), Vital do Rêgo Filho, once again commented on the institution’s role classified as pedagogical. “I have defended, in this presidency, a Court that teaches before punishing. A Court that dialogues before blocking, that understands reality”, he declared.
The session was attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, presidents of the Senate and Chamber, as well as state ministers. The president of the Court of Auditors also spoke about strengthening institutional dialogue. “Brazil increasingly needs bridges, between technique and politics. Between control and management”, he declared.
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Under Vital do Rêgo’s management, the Institutional Relations Secretariat of the Federal Audit Court (TCU) functions as a kind of “reinforced bridge” between the Court, politicians and managers. The department is responsible, for example, for monitoring the institution’s internal discussions and, concomitantly, the Executive and Legislative agendas.
