Federal deputy Erika Kokay (PT-DF) stated this Wednesday, 27th, that if the Union did not act, Banco de Brasília (BRB) would be privatized or liquidated. A delegation of district and federal PT parliamentarians spoke to the press after meeting with the Minister of Finance, Dario Durigan. This would have assured the group that there will not be a federal cent in the operation to save the bank.
“If it weren’t for the Union ensuring the expansion of this capacity to take credit from the Federal District government, we would probably have a privatization or liquidation of the Banco de Brasília”, stated Erika Kokay.
She repeated that the idea is to have a loan that will be made by the FGC and that will be evaluated by a consortium of banks, the conditions of which are still being discussed at this time. According to her, on Thursday there will be a meeting to define the conditions of this loan along with a possible fiscal adjustment plan for the Government of the Federal District (GDF).
District deputy Chico Vigilante (PT-DF) stated that the only thing the government will do is expand the GDF’s borrowing capacity. The current capacity is R$900 million, but R$5 billion is needed, which should be the new authorized limit and said that Durigan assured that the federal government will not have a cent to save BRB.
Vigilante stated that Durigan did not say how much the new lending capacity for the GDF would be. According to Kokay, the increase will be within the limit established by the Senate, of up to 16%. She repeated that there will be no guarantee from the Union for the loan.
“It was an avoidable situation, if we had an ethical government here in the Federal District. So, therefore, this process and this discussion and this position of the Union is important for you to preserve Banco de Brasília due to the impact that Banco de Brasília has”, added the deputy.
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She also criticized the level of sponsorship that BRB maintains with Flamengo, saying that the contract lacks transparency.
