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31 statements · 1 politicians · April 29, 2026
Statements by Sérgio Moro. 31 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Tariff Policy, Sanitation, Consumer Rights, Energy Mix.
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First, I want to thank the courtesy of the Acting President here, Senator Plínio Valério, and also the appreciation of our dear Senator Jorge Kajuru — I will not be long here, Senator, so rest assured.
I also greet Senator Chico Rodrigues, who made the reference here.
I want to refer to a specific fact from the State of Paraná.
Yesterday, I made a statement on social media defending that amounts that Sanepar — Sanepar is a state-owned basic sanitation and water supply company in the State of Paraná, a company that belongs to the people of Paraná... —
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About: guarantee refund of taxes improperly charged
It received a tax refund credit of about R$4 billion, which had been improperly charged by the Federal Union.
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About: reform the tax system
These are those discussions of our tax system, which we can hardly understand properly, but the fact is that Sanepar won.
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About: distribute profits of state-owned companies as dividends
And, upon receiving those R$4 billion, it was even intending to distribute those amounts as dividends to its shareholders.
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About: reduce water tariffs
However, I made a statement on social media yesterday, and I pointed out: why not use those amounts to offset the water bill of Paraná residents?
Because, look, the timing is very opportune; Brazilian families are indebted, consumers are suffering.
One of the main issues of our daily lives is this — which affects the whole of Brazil, but also Paraná —: people's difficulty in paying their bills.
Causes of this: mainly the macroeconomic imbalance generated by the Lula Government, which is spendthrift and causes interest rates to remain very high and creates a snowball effect: people go into credit, fall into default and increasingly have more difficulty honoring their bills.
A symptom of this is the exponential growth of judicial recoveries in our country, which, evidently, mainly affects companies.
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About: reduce water tariffs
In short, Sanepar received those R$4 billion back as a refund and has the opportunity to make that reflect as a discount for all Paraná residents.
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About: reduce water tariffs
I made a statement yesterday criticizing, because Sanepar actually went to court against a decision of Agepar (Regulatory Agency of Paraná), which had suggested that it make that discount.
But Sanepar went to court because it wanted to give a different destination to those amounts.
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About: reduce water tariffs
To my pleasant surprise, today I received the news that Sanepar reconsidered its position and now intends to allocate at least part of that money to reducing the tariff for Paraná residents and another part to investment.
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About: reduce water tariffs
We will still have to see the exact details to verify whether a significant portion of that R$4 billion will or will not result in a reduction on the water bill of Paraná residents — and, if that does not happen, we will press again —, but it is already a step forward by Sanepar compared to the previous situation.
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About: reduce water tariffs
And here we must record: it is important that Sanepar has turned back.
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About: reduce water tariffs
One cannot necessarily say that it was my warning the previous day, but the chronological coincidence at least makes me comfortable to point out that I made the demand and that demand was met.
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About: reduce public service tariffs for consumers
We do need, at this moment of difficulty, to think about easing the bills of consumers, households and businesses in our Paraná.
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About: reduce water tariffs
So, Sanepar made the right decision. And you can always count on this Senator to keep watching and to address the matters of our state.
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About: hold public hearings to investigate failures in energy supply
By the way, on this subject, I want to remind you that, on next May 5 — that is, next Tuesday — at 9 a.m., we will hold a public hearing in the Infrastructure Committee of the Federal Senate to hear representatives of Copel, which is the electricity company in Paraná, which was privatized and which unfortunately has been showing terrible failures in the supply of electricity to Paraná consumers and also to companies.
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About: privatize Embrapa
I am in favor of privatization. My view of the economy is a liberal one, Senator Plínio Valério, but a privatized company is not relieved of the obligation to serve consumers with quality.
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About: ensure efficiency and productivity in privatized companies
On the contrary, once privatized, it is its duty to demonstrate greater efficiency and productivity.
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About: improve the quality of electricity supply
And, time and again, we unfortunately hear complaints, there in Paraná, about instability in the electricity supply by Copel.
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About: improve the quality of electricity supply
There are agricultural companies, for example, suffering million-dollar losses.
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About: improve the quality of electricity supply
A poultry farm in the interior of Paraná reported losses of millions; and a tilapia producer likewise.
And the companies that cannot endure such interruptions in supply — sometimes this even causes damage to the machines they use — are having to spend fortunes on electric generators, affecting, let's say, the productivity and efficiency of those same companies.
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About: hold public hearings to investigate failures in energy supply
On May 5, here in Brasília, we will hold that public hearing with representatives of Copel, with representatives of Aneel, which is the regulatory agency on this matter at the federal level, and I also invited a series of business leaders to attend.
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About: reduce water tariffs
So, we are indeed keeping an eye on Paraná, on the water bill and on the quality of the electricity supply for the people of Paraná.
You can always count on this Senator who speaks to you.
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