Attorney General of the Union defends regulation of the lobby – 02/15/2023 – Panel

The Minister of the AGU (Advocacia-Geral da União), Jorge Messias, defends the regulation of the lobby as a way of reversing the pejorative image that surrounds the activity and providing transparency to government relations.

In a meeting on Tuesday (14) with the board of Abrig (Brazilian Association of Institutional and Governmental Relations), the minister stated that the relationship between the public and private sectors is fundamental for democracy and for the elaboration of public policies.

According to reports, he said he would work to include the pursuit of regulation in the balance sheet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) 180-day rule.

The Chamber of Deputies approved a project in November last year on the subject, after 15 years of debates.

The project was rapporteured by Deputy Lafayette de Andrada (Republicanos-MG) and was based on a project presented by the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government, modified with the help of another proposal that was being discussed in the Chamber, by Carlos Zarattini (PT-SP). The text still needs to go through the Senate, where it can be changed.

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