The secretary assured that the government will defend the maintenance of the articles of the “declaration of rights of economic freedom”, which foresee, for example, the end of the need of licenses and permits for low risk businesses.
The team also works to uphold the ban on “regulatory abuse,” such as creating rules for market reserve or price control laws. The government will also work to maintain the points of another expired PM (876), and were included in the 881 report, such as simplifying business start-ups. "If necessary, we will be favorable (to changes in the text); the important thing is that the heart of the measure be preserved," he said.
Uebel has spent the last few days in articulation for the PM vote, but faces competition from pension reform, which, he admits, is the government's priority. The secretary, however, believes that the text on Economic Freedom could be voted in the House Plenary next week and in the Senate the following.
In the secretary's opinion, controversial issues should eventually fall in the vote in the Plenary of both Houses, such as the increase of revenues from horse racing. He stressed that all points are under negotiation with parliamentarians.
Uebel said the government has not yet "closed its eyes" on the report by Deputy Jerome Goergen (PP-RS), which broadened the scope of the PM, and wanted a "more focused" text, closer to the original. He, however, advocated changes included in the report, such as changes in labor legislation that allow work three Sundays a month and changes in time tracking. "I see positively, Brazil has 13 million unemployed, the state cannot be choosing who can and who can’t work on Sunday, for example," he said.
The changes created controversy and associations and unions complained that the PM was doing a kind of "mini-labor reform", which Uebel denies. "These are very punctual adjustments that should not mean even 2% of CLT," he said.
In addition to the 45-day delay in setting up the Special Commission that reviewed the PM, the deadline was also hampered by the "white recess" made by Congress in July.
The secretary said the government does not consider sending a bill if the PM is not approved because it is "optimistic and focused" on approving the text. “It would be a very big setback. Brazil is in a hurry, so we send the changes by PM,” he added.
Source: GMB / Estadão / Broadcast
