The president of the Central Bank, Roberto Campos Neto, said this Tuesday (26) that, without ample autonomy, it is difficult to conduct the day-to-day activities of the autarchy. He spoke at a solemn session of Congress in honor of his grandfather, economist Roberto Campos.
Former senator, former deputy and former minister, Roberto Campos, who would have turned 105 this month, was one of the exponents of liberal thinking in the country. He was one of the creators of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and, later, president of the institution, in addition to having been ambassador in Washington and London and minister of Planning.
During the session, Campos Neto said that his grandfather defended that the BC should have three autonomies and warned “what would cause having autonomy without having the others”. “Today, we live the reality of having operational autonomy without having administrative and financial autonomy and we see the difficulty that it is, on a day-to-day basis, to manage the Central Bank without having broader autonomy”,
“Only more than 50 years later, thanks to the work of several people in this government and in the National Congress, did the Central Bank gain autonomy. Although we have not advanced further in terms of financial autonomy, we are moving towards the model conceived by Roberto Campos”, he added.
Strike
Last week, Central Bank servers decided to suspend the strike of the category, started on the last day 1st. They will wait until May 3 for an alternative proposed by the government to the 5% linear adjustment for all public servants.
With the suspension of the strike, the routine activities of the municipality, such as the dissemination of statistics and reports, were normalized. On the other hand, the BC# Agenda projects, which provide for the modernization of the financial system, remain at a standstill until the civil servants’ demands are met.
