Bolsonaro advocates actions to cut red tape and fight corruption

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro reiterated the first measures in his administration will aim to cut red tape and “rid those who produce of the weight of the state.” He also said he will take action to make taxes return in the form of well-fare for society. He noted that the ministers will be given “carte blanche” to appoint their team members with no external influence.

Bolsonaro said the administrative apparatus is “way too heavy.” Political appointments, he said, often curb the actions of ministers, and the system should have its “knots unraveled.” He spoke during an interview on TV Record, aired Monday (Dec. 31).

 Jair Bolsonaro . - Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil

The president said his goal is to adopt measures fighting corruption and inefficiency. “[We will] impose a different policy from the one that had been imposed,” Bolsonaro said, adding that Brazil was led astray to the path of “corruption and inefficiency.” “We actually want to me the tax paid by workers to return in the form of well-fare for our nation.”

Simple life

Bolsonaro confessed he prefers to live in Granja do Torto—where his official residence was, before the inauguration—to living in the Alvorada Palace. The place, he said, reminds him of a summer house and the time when he lived on a farm in rural São Paulo. “I caught some ten mangoes straight from the tree once,” he quipped.

He also said the most often used area in the Granja do Torto residence is the meeting room, adding he liked taking naps in the television room. In the future, he went on, in his free time, he plans to return to Granja do Torto to enjoy the country-like atmosphere and barbecue.

The president said the decision to live in the Alvorada Palace was made by First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro, as it is closer to where Laura, their daughter, and Isabela, a foster child, will go to school.