“If today there are no 41 votes to reject him, his resignation can be expressed with the senators if nothing happens with interest rates until August,” the journalist said.
247 – Journalist Helena Chagas, commentator for 247 TV, assessed on Thursday (22) that the political scenario in the Senate is no longer conducive to retaining Roberto Campos Neto, after the intransigent decision of the Central Bank to keep the interest rate at 13.75%. “The gravy is thick. If, months ago, it was unbelievable that the Senate approved the resignation of the BC president at Lula’s request, now the hypothesis is not too far off. Campos Neto is isolated and also targeted for criticism from businessmen and other sectors,” Elena said.
For the journalist, the result of 58 votes for the approval of Cristiano Zanin for the Minister of the Supreme Federal Court, on Wednesday (21), “reveals” the rapprochement between the Chamber of Deputies and Planalto. “If today there are no 41 votes to reject him, his resignation can be expressed with the senators if nothing happens with interest rates until August. The independence of the central bank, an institution that is difficult to question in the Congress that approved it, is also entering a danger zone,” he added. When the impression grows that Campos Neto, a Bolsonarian, is acting politically.”
“It’s an absurd interest rate of 13.75% with inflation of 5%,” says Lola in Italy.
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) called the Monetary Policy Committee’s (Copom) decision to keep the basic (Selic) interest rate at 13.75% “irrational”. In a press conference in Rome, on Thursday (22), he did not say anything about his criticism of the head of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto. “It just doesn’t make sense what’s happening in Brazil, you have a rate of 13.75% with inflation of 5%,” he said.
It’s not about the government fighting the central bank. Who is fighting with the central bank today is Brazilian society,” Lula said, referring to the National Confederation of Industries (CNI), retailers, small and medium producers, central unions and grassroots movements.
The president was firm in his criticisms and sent a new letter to the Senate. “I charged the senators. It was the senators who put this citizen out there. So the senators have to analyze if he’s complying with what he’s approved to comply with. In the law that’s approved, he should take care of inflation and economic growth And job creation. So he should be charged. That’s it.”
