Brazil will not grow "with empty talk in Brasilia"
This is according to former minister Ciro Gomes; at the launch of the 15th edition of Liquida Salvador, the socialist gave a speech at the Chamber of Retail Leaders and questioned the Central Bank's projections, which predict 3% economic growth this year; "This year I don't see any other way for us to grow more than 2%, even then on a depressed base."
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Former Finance Minister Ciro Gomes, from PSB, seems determined to strain relations with President Dilma Rousseff's government and with his own party. The socialist participated this Tuesday (26) in the opening of Liquida Salvador at the Chamber of Retail Leaders and launched heavy artillery against the Brazilian economy.
The politician from Ceará, who has already run for president twice, challenged the Central Bank's forecast of 3% economic growth this year.
"This year I don't see any other way for us to grow more than 2%, even then on a depressed base. Growth is not a consequence of goodwill, nor of empty talk in Brasília," Ciro said in an interview with the Bahia Notícias website.
According to him, even if the interest rate is the lowest in history, the index is not the result of trade conflict, but is determined "at a dinner in São Paulo where they meet and reach an agreement."
With a rotary machine gun in hand, the socialist declared that "it's a ridiculous situation, to say the least," that Petrobras exports crude oil and imports refined oil, "causing enormous damage to the country."
A political ally of the governor of Pernambuco and possible presidential candidate, Eduardo Campos, Ciro also said that he is concerned because, according to him, Brazil is not paying as much attention as it should to the "third wave of technology and is falling behind" compared to other countries.