"I will implement reforms in the first week," Campos tells CNI.
In a debate at the National Confederation of Industry, the presidential candidate for the PSB party promised, to an audience of business leaders, to deliver a reform of the tax system in the first week of his government, if elected; "The tax reform has to be done in the first half of 2015," he said; criticizing the economic management of President Dilma Rousseff, Eduardo Campos said that concessions "were made reluctantly" and that "productivity will not increase with partisan distribution of ministries"; the former governor of Pernambuco also promised to "renew the old politics that has already ruined the lives of Brazilians."
247 - Questioned by business leaders at the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), the PSB presidential candidate, Eduardo Campos, promised to present a tax reform proposal for the country in the first week of his government, should he be elected in October. "The tax reform has to be done in the first half of 2015," he said. The organization, chaired by Robson Andrade, is holding a debate on proposals this Wednesday, the 30th, with the three leading presidential candidates in the polls. Aécio Neves (PSDB) will be questioned in the late morning and President Dilma Rousseff at 15:20 PM.
In criticizing Dilma's economic management, he stated that it seems the PT's administration "made concessions reluctantly" and said that "productivity will not increase with partisan distribution of ministries." Campos pointed to a decline in the quality of life of Brazilians and stressed the need to "not only address the logistics of products, but also the logistics of people." Eduardo Campos pointed out that courage is needed for real change. "The country can no longer endure this division [between PT and PSDB] that has been in place for twenty years."
In a new speech against what he calls "old politics," Eduardo Campos promised to "renew" the current Brazilian political system and stressed that the circumstances surrounding President Dilma and candidate Aécio Neves are those of "preserving the old politics." "I respect candidate Dilma, I respect candidate Aécio, but our lives are shaped by our circumstances, and the circumstances surrounding both of them are those of preserving the old politics, which has already ruined the lives of Brazilians," he said.
"I will renew politics in Brazil, I renewed politics in my state, it is possible to do it," promised the former governor of Pernambuco, to much applause. Campos added that "the first of all the changes" that Brazil demands is "political change," criticizing the current number of ministries (39) in Dilma's government and the exchange of favors.
Below is a news report from Agência Brasil about Campos' presentation and answers at the CNI:
Campos says the country's current political model has "become sclerotic and failed."
Ivan Richard – Third in the polls, the PSB candidate for President of the Republic, Eduardo Campos, recently told industry executives that the country's current political model, based on party coalitions, has "become sclerotic and bankrupt" and therefore needs to be revised to enable changes that will make the country more competitive. "We need to understand that the solution, before the economy, lies in politics," he said. In addition to Campos, the PSDB candidate, Aécio Neves, and the PT candidate, Dilma Rousseff, were also invited to the debate.
During the opening of a debate with presidential candidates promoted by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Campos promised to lead a political reform that would end "this patrimonialist, patronage-based, and outdated logic that has its head stuck in the 19th century."
"There is no solution to what is happening without a profound political debate in Brazil. The current political governance model has become sclerotic, failed, and will not provide a new agenda for competitiveness in the Brazilian economy. The new political model that is required is a software that understands what is happening in the world to lead Brazil to a safe environment for investment and that encourages investors," Campos stated.
A minister in the government of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Campos criticized the current Workers' Party (PT) management model, which, according to him, will lead the country backward. "The coalition presidential system will not lead Brazil to a good place. It will only lead Brazil backward. I have the confidence to tell Brazilian entrepreneurs that Marina [Silva, the vice-presidential candidate] and I represent the only possibility of breaking the coalition presidential system and uniting the country around a new vision of development and governance."
Campos said that Brazil faces the challenge of industrial development to overcome stagnation in the sector. "This is a situation that demands deep reflection from us, more than simple criticism or seeking culprits and those responsible. We are all responsible. We have enormous potential, we have old challenges and new ones created in the country's most recent context by a macroeconomic governance that needs to be reviewed."