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Ministers of Infrastructure, Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas, and Mining and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, took office on Wednesday (2) promising to continue, for the most part, the projects inherited from President Michel Temer and,
Faced with a lack of resources, the two countries have announced their intention to intensify dialogue and partnership with the private sector in order to launch an ambitious plan of concessions and privatizations [19659002] Tarcisio, the Minister of Infrastructure Sector, announced the sale of 12 airports.
At the planned auctions for the first quarter of the administration, the expected investment is at least R $ 6.5 billion. in three blocks: motorways, railways and port terminals.
"Anything that can remain private initiative will be granted," said Tarcisio. "We are going to test the auction of the three airport blocks in March and, if so, we have already announced the sixth cycle.We will also proceed to a series of pre-salt blocks and, with a good result, we will announce the next step. "
"Congonhas and Santos Dumont should stay on the last lap, then we will look at Infraero's situation, how to make it active."
Tarcisio also stated that all airports now managed by Infraero, a public company, would be privatized. who will "quickly" resolve the stalemate surrounding the contracts signed by former President Dilma Rousseff on motorways and at Viracopos airport, which became "inapplicable" to businesses due to the recession [19659002] To advance its privatization plan and concessions, will be supported by EPL (logistics planning company), a state-owned company that will be integrated into the ministry to structure private initiative projects) and by the PPI (investment partnership program)
Tarcisio was director of PPI projects in Temer management. The program will continue under the command of Adalberto Vasconcelos, who was already executive secretary of the program and to whom was subordinate Tarcisio.
Tarcisio announced that he would set up a computer system, an application that will connect the trucker directly to the owner of the cargo. The idea is to end the middlemen, stimulating drivers who are complaining today about high costs, mainly diesel and freight.
The euphoria of investors, however, arose from Bento Albuquerque's statements.
The promise was reinforced with the confirmation that the current president of the state corporation, Wilson Ferreira Junior, will be retained in the position to carry out the capitalization process of Eletrobrás. process that he himself directed in the management of former President Temer and who presented himself to Congress.
In the oil and gas sector, Albuquerque announced that it would make changes to the sharing regime in order to encourage the participation of foreign investors in the exploitation of deposits.
The speech appealed to the ambbadadors of the United Kingdom, France, Bolivia and Norway, countries endowed with powerful companies in the oil and gas exploration, which the Minister thanked for his Presence at the Inauguration Ceremony [19659002] To support the economic expansion plan, led by Minister Paulo Guedes, Albuquerque said its first measure would be a review of the cost of the economy. 39; energy. The idea is to reduce charges and subsidies in order to minimize the light bill.
For this, the minister wants to review uncontrollable costs so that they can only be corrected for inflation. This has weighed heavily on consumer accounts in recent years. Distributors want a correction of 1.15% of these costs, in addition to inflation, which could reflect an increase of nearly 10% in the bill.
On another front, it intends to eliminate the quotas of the Eletrobras plants which, given the hydrological risks, are offset by an increase in the tariff paid by the consumer. Albuquerque also wants to review the energy realignment plan.
According to André Pepitone, President of Aneel, responsible for the regulation of the sector, the agency has studied these issues at the request of the Minister since the transition. Nuclear energy will be a priority and could be used, according to the minister's advisers, even to occupy space for thermal power plants that further worsen energy bills during the dry season.
"Brazil can not let go of prejudices and misinformation," said Bento Albuquerque, who as naval admiral, coordinated the Brazilian nuclear program.
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