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19 AutoData | August 2018 all Brazil would be here”. But the rush had its justification: by legislation, that Thursday, 5, would be the last day for the federal government to announce anything that carried incentives - which, after this date, could be interpreted as an a violation to the Elections Code. Signatures scribbled on the papers and everyone rushed to reach their planes. The toast represented the relief of taking an Everest off everyone’s back The truth is that the Rota caused a huge crack inside the federal government: the MDIC x TreasuryWar was just the visible face of this battle, which was bloody behind the scenes. There was no lack of people to twist and disallow orders from ministers and secretaries. In the end the decision was really from the president, who personally took responsibility for the decree of the Rota. Signature à la Hitchcock The signing of the decrees and the PM that govern the new automotive regime, around 6:00 pm on Thursday, July 5, 2018, was surrounded by mystery and tension - almost a Hitchcock à la automotive. A group formed by representatives of Anfavea, Sindipeças and Abeifa landed in Brasília, DF, the night before with the promise of a meeting with the Presidency in the early afternoon. But a scandal in the morning, with a request by the Justice for the removal of the Minister of Labor and his subsequent resignation request, really agitated the corridors. A postponement for the following hour, after another hour, and then no one knew what time the meeting would happen and if it would happen. The thing started to get complicated when the executives realized the possible need to re-schedule their return flights originally scheduled for the beginning of the evening –as on Thursdays, at the end of the workday the Brasilia stampede is generalized, there was no vacancy in any plane. The tension in the air won signs of panic when someone from the government suggested setting the meeting for 8:30 pm (20:30 in the 24- hour clock system), a silly joke with the name of the program, Rota 2030. At 6:00 p.m., finally, the signature, with undeniable appearance of an event held in haste and a clearly uncomfortable aspect of the president, who in a short speech even complained about the fact saying that “if we had been warned in certain advance I am sure that The celebration was fast and discreet, on board of a glass of beer in the lobby of the Brasilia airport.