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6 » LENSES Setembro 2018 | AutoData UNIMPORTANT? NO. Who does not want to know what the candidates for president of this Republic would be willing to do for the automotive sector if they were elected? We, at AutoData, also wanted to know - and we sent correspondence to the press offices of six candidates that are not worth nominating here. Deep silence has settled and remains still, and it will remain until the end of time. Why do they act like this? Has the industry become unimportant? The conversation may go on until early tomorrow but I have a good clue: the industry remains very important but today, companies operate in the shadow of their compliance system rules. One of these rules, for all companies, is not to act violating the law. UNIMPORTANT? NO 2. There are no more official donations for campaigns, a holy remedy for stubborn politicians to revise their own variety of ideas. And the space for direct donations to slush fund was also substantially reduced. More: American companies’ compliance, for example, implies that, if they are caught in the act in Brazil, or in Thailand or Kyrgyzstan, the employee is arrested. In other words: in theory, the crime doesn’t pay as it may have paid in the past. And, when there is no profitable donation in sight, there is no sector of the economy that sensitizes candidates. MORE NOVELTIES IN AUGUST As anticipated in this Lenses in its August issue, AutoData number 347, things really happened at the surroundings of that entity, as it was announced, from the moment that presidents of their associates began to question - and not just behind the scenes -, the direction that the president has given to his mandate. After all, it is the associates that, through their financial contributions, sustain the parent-entity – and, as times are still difficult, every cent cost is examined with a magnifying glass. The associates question the costs a lot and also the need, the importance and the opportunity for the president maintain at least two advisors. This may be the reason of discord, in addition to very practical issues, directly linked to the activity, which the associate presidents censor the Mr. president for having abandoned them. MORE NOVELTIES IN AUGUST 2 It is well known that, in associative activity, the winds that hit us on our faces are the result of choices made much earlier. In the case of this entity (two years ago) the president was alerted, I remember well, to, please, worry a little less about the preparation regarding the future that press officers preached to, please, put the feet on the problems ground that have already been hit over the members of the associates of their partners. He said he would solve everything - and what we see today is that associate presidents really condemn his absence from the present moment and criticize his worldly trips, so far from practical and urgent needs of the moment. Moment that the president always arrive late, by the way. MORE NOVELTIES IN AUGUST 3 The discouraging, in this case, is that, apparently, the president lost his dance time according to the chords that come to his ears. He seems to have twisted his feet, have wrapped himself with the wonders of the future. And this was the result: he opted for a personal visit to his most outspoken critic by taking one of his advisors closely together - he was determined to show that things were not so bad as it appeared to be. And he heard a definite answer: “You, president, will always be very welcome here. Alone”. Straight to the point.