About the votes presented

The Ranking of Politicians expresses its support for PLP 73/2025, understanding that the technical autonomy of regulatory agencies necessarily depends on budgetary autonomy. An agency whose performance can be compromised by discretionary budget cuts from the Executive Branch loses part of its independence and reduces its capacity to fulfill the mission for which it was created.

Regulatory agencies play a strategic role in the Brazilian economy. They are responsible for overseeing essential sectors, ensuring contract compliance, protecting consumers and investors, and guaranteeing regulatory stability. To perform these functions independently, it is not enough for their leaders to have fixed terms or protection against arbitrary dismissal. It is essential that they also have the necessary resources to carry out their duties.

Brazil has already recognized this principle by approving the autonomy of the Central Bank. Complementary Law No. 179/2021 strengthened the institution by granting fixed terms to its board of directors, reducing short-term political influence on monetary policy. The logic is simple: eminently technical decisions should not be subject to the conveniences of the government in power. The same reasoning applies to regulatory agencies. It is of little use to guarantee formal autonomy if their actions can be limited by budget constraints that render their activities unfeasible.

PLP 73/2025 seeks precisely to correct this distortion. The proposal prevents the agencies' own revenues—largely derived from inspection fees paid by the regulated sectors themselves—from being earmarked for other purposes. This is not about increasing public spending or relaxing fiscal responsibility. It is about ensuring that resources collected for a specific purpose are effectively used in the regulatory activity for which they were established.

The withholding of these revenues creates a paradox. The state collects fees to finance the agencies' activities, but prevents them from using these resources. The result is a reduction in oversight capacity, delays in authorizations, licenses and technical analyses, and increased legal uncertainty in strategic sectors of the economy.

PLP 6/2024 establishes national rules for the division of part of a municipality's territory and its incorporation into another existing municipality. The text makes it clear that this is not about creating new cities, but about resolving existing territorial conflicts. To this end, it requires an initiative from the Legislative Assembly, a feasibility study, and approval by plebiscite with the population of the municipalities involved. On March 25, 2026, the Senate approved the proposal by 62 votes to 0, with Senator Alessandro Vieira as rapporteur, and the text was sent for presidential approval.

Why the Politicians Ranking is favorable
The Ranking of Politicians is favorable to the matter because it organizes a situation that today often generates legal uncertainty, administrative disputes, and direct harm to the population. There are cases in which communities live in municipal border areas without clarity about who they belong to, which hinders the provision of public services, urban planning, revenue collection, and the definition of public authorities' responsibilities. By establishing an objective procedure, with technical studies and public consultation, the project brings greater institutional security and more administrative rationality.

Furthermore, the project is correct in prohibiting the creation of new municipalities in this process. This is important because it prevents the expansion of the public sector, the increase in administrative structures, and new permanent costs for the taxpayer. The proposal does not create room for multiplying city halls, councils, and positions; it merely creates a legal pathway to correct existing territorial distortions.

From the Ranking's perspective, this is a favorable measure because it combines three important elements: federal order, technical criteria, and respect for the popular will . The project improves local governance, reduces conflicts between public entities, and brings transparency to a sensitive decision that cannot be subject solely to informal political agreements.

PLP 14/2026 addresses the reduction of PIS/Cofins tax rates applied to the chemical and petrochemical industry, with the aim of adjusting and organizing the transition of tax benefits in light of the new tax structure foreseen in the reform. The text, approved by the Senate in February 2026, also corrects previous vetoes and establishes a limit of up to R$ 2 billion for tax waivers in 2026, creating a clearer framework for granting these incentives.

The Ranking of Politicians supports the project, understanding that it combines economic stimulus with fiscal responsibility. By reducing the tax burden on a strategic sector, the proposal contributes to the competitiveness of industry and the preservation of investments and jobs. At the same time, by setting a ceiling for benefits, it avoids excesses and reinforces the predictability of public accounts. It is a measure that corrects distortions, brings greater rationality to the tax system, and aligns with the principles of state efficiency and improvement of the business environment advocated by the Ranking.

The Politicians' Ranking is favorable to the matter because it strengthens the State's capacity to react to the advance of organized crime in a firmer, more modern way, and more compatible with the gravity of the problem. Factions and militias do not act merely as common criminal groups. In many cases, they control territories, intimidate communities, interfere in the local economy, impose their own rules, and directly challenge the authority of public power. Given this, it makes sense that legislation should stop treating this phenomenon with insufficient or outdated instruments.

The proposal is positive because it attacks not only the armed wing of these organizations, but also their support structure. By providing for measures of financial strangulation, seizure of assets, and harsher punishments for leaders, the law increases the operating cost of organized crime and reduces its capacity for expansion. This is relevant because factions and militias are maintained not only by violence, but also by money, logistics, and the occupation of spaces where the State has failed to assert itself.

Another positive aspect is that the legislation seeks to provide greater legal clarity in addressing these criminal structures, with new classifications and procedural instruments geared towards the current reality of public security. This tends to provide greater security for the actions of police forces, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and the Judiciary, as well as reduce loopholes that currently hinder the effective accountability of members of these organizations.

From the Ranking's perspective, this is a favorable measure because it reinforces public order, protects the population subjected to the dominion of crime, and improves the institutional capacity of the Brazilian State to confront organizations that erode freedom, security, and the very regular functioning of life in society.