Budget and command of a new ministry were themes of a meeting between the transition group and representatives of the sector
The President-elect Transition Team’s Culture Working Group, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT), met this Wednesday (7.Dec.2022) with representatives of the sector. One of the priorities established by the artists is the recomposition of the area’s budget and the guarantee of transfers of the Rouanet Law. The sector also defended that the new Ministry of Culture has a head “manager” and articulation skills.
Representatives of the cultural class and congressmen who are accompanying the transition group will also meet with the general rapporteur for the Budget in Congress, senator Marcelo Castro (MDB-PI), and with the President of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
🇧🇷It is essential that the Rouanet Law sponsorship budget be in the PLOA [projeto de lei orçamentária anual]🇧🇷 is not yet […] The Rouanet Law has so far been completely deconstructed, mischaracterized”, said Eduardo Barata, president of APTR (Association of Theater Producers), in an interview with journalists at the CCBB (Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil), in Brasília, seat of the transitional government.
One of the demands of the artistic class, according to Barata, is to include a forecast in the 2023 budget on the patronage of the Rouanet Law, that is, the amount raised through tax breaks to be passed on next year. The value is not yet included in the LDO (Budget Guidelines Law), which determines goals and priorities for next year.
🇧🇷Several projects that could be being carried out in 2023 will not succeed due to not having their patronage approved. The Rouanet law is a tripod: patronage, the National Culture Fund, which has been contingency for years, and the StayT [Fundo de Investimento Cultural e Artístico]which was never regularized,” said Barata.
In February of this year, the government of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) determined changes in the law, which reduced the fundraising limit for cultural projects.
🇧🇷There must be a decree revoking Bolsonaro’s decree, which was really bad for our sector. It was even talked about joking today [sobre] a ‘pen’ that immediately approves projects that have been for more than 1 year or 8 months with money in the account without being able to move”, declared the cultural producer.
According to the deputy Jandira Feghali (PCdoB-RJ), around 580 projects already authorized await the transfers of the Rouanet Law. 🇧🇷The budget law will have to say how much of the tax incentive, which currently amounts to around R$4 billion, will go to culture, to cultural patronage. This needs to be determined in the budget law“, said.
In addition, the congresswoman stated that the transition group is also debating the release of funds from laws passed in favor of the sector, such as the Paulo Gustavo Law and the Aldir Blanc Law, and is analyzing how to make the budget of the new ministry and the state committees of culture, one of Lula’s promises during the campaign.
Also participating in the meeting were actors Rodrigo França, Adriana Lessa and Mouhamed Harfouch, and deputies Benedita da Silva (PT-RJ) and Túlio Gadelha (Rede-PE).
🇧🇷We are here to mobilize for the resurgence, renegotiation and resignification of a portfolio with a ministry character, which is fundamental for the sovereignty and for the DNA of our population, society, democracy and our vision abroad. We are known as a country with a strong, visionary, plural and diverse culture”, declared Mouhamed Harfouch.
new minister
According to Eduardo Barata, the cultural class expects from the new minister a profile that integrates “management, art and knowledge”, without necessarily being a “celebrity🇧🇷 Among the expected actions of the new minister are, for example, the recomposition of the Rouanet Law and the regulation of FicarT.
🇧🇷That this minister is not just a celebrity, that this minister is a manager who transits politically in Congress, that transits in the Executive with strength and that rebuilds not only the promotion policies, but rebuilds the Ministry of Culture”, said Cockroach.
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