Bolsonaro nominates 21 names for regulatory agencies and municipalities

President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) nominated 21 names for the summits of regulatory agencies and federal authorities.

The suggestions are to compose the ANS, ANP, ANS, Antaq, ANTT, Anvisa, ANM, Cade, CVM and Aneel. These names will be discussed in the Senate and were published in a publication this Monday (4) in the Official Gazette of the Union.

Bolsonaro also asked for the withdrawal of the processing of four nominations made in previous months. In two cases these names were suggested, in the same publication, for other vacancies in agencies.

Without incumbent directors, some agencies operate understaffed.

The ANS, which regulates the health plan market, has only one effective director and four vacancies. Two of these chairs are occupied by substitutes.

The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), has already stated that he wants to guide the hearing of the nominations to the agencies in the coming days. First the names are submitted to the senators of the thematic committees. Afterwards, the plenary also votes on the nomination.

President Bolsonaro has been critical of the agencies’ performance. He says that in some cases these bodies have more strength than the ministries.

“It’s there to create difficulties, sell ease”, said the president on the 31st.

The president also stated that there are requests for nominations of directors, but did not mention which groups make this pressure. “Do you want the agencies? Sign below that the nomination is yours. Many people don’t even know what an agency is. It can do much more than the minister himself,” he declared.

Bolsonaro also made two appointments to the command of regulatory agencies. The suggestion is that Mauro Henrique Moreira Sousa assume the leadership of ANM, which regulates the mining sector, and that Saldoval de Araújo Feitosa Neto occupy the presidency of Aneel, linked to the electricity sector.

Daniel Meirelles, special advisor to Minister Marcelo Queiroga (Health), was appointed to the ANS. Bolsonaro suggested that he should now be submitted to Anvisa.

The president also appointed a name for the positions of ANTT’s ombudsman and CADE’s chief prosecutor.

INDICATIONS TO AGENCIES AND AUTARCHIES

ANA (National Water and Sanitation Agency)

• Ana Carolina Argolo Nascimento de Castro, for the position of director
• Maurício Abijaodi Lopes De Basconcellos, for the position of director

ANP (National Agency for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels)

• Symone Christine De Santana Araujo, for reappointment reappointed to the position of director
• Cláudio Jorge Martins De Souza, for the position of director
• Daniel Maia Vieira, for the position of director

ANS (National Supplementary Health Agency)

• Jorge Antônio Aquino Lopes, for the position of director; he was already nominated for a vacancy in the management of the agency

Antaq (National Waterway Transport Agency)

ANTT (National Land Transport Agency)

• Luciano Lourenço Da Silva, for the position of director

• Robson Crepaldi, for the position of ombudsman

Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency)

• Daniel Meirelles Fernandes Pereira, for the position of director; he was appointed to the direction of the ANS

ANM (National Mining Agency)

• Mauro Henrique Moreira Sousa, for the position of director general

• Roger Romão Cabral, for the position of direct

• Tasso Mendonça Junior, for the position of director

CADE (Administrative Council for Economic Defense)

• Juliana Oliveira Domingues, for the position of Chief Prosecutor

• Victor Oliveira Fernandes, for the position of counselor

CVM (Securities and Exchange Commission)

Aneel (National Electric Energy Agency)

• Sandoval De Araújo Feitosa Neto, for the position of director general
• Hélvio Neves Guerra, for the reappointment of director
• Ricardo Lavorato Tili, for the position of director
• Fernando Luiz Mosna Ferreira Da Silva, for the position of director
• Agnes Maria De Aragão Da Costa, for the position of director