Service Providers and Individual Microentrepreneurs in the Transport Sector Significantly Affected by the 2022 Elections: How Can It Impact the Sector and Stagnate the Economy with Freight and Diesel Prices?

At Least 35% Of Respondents In The Survey Conducted By Deloitte Global Believe That Election Years Impact GDP And The Finances Of Service Providers And MEI In The Transport Sector. 

The Administrative Manager of TKE Logística, Franco Gonçalves, stated that election years raise a number of concerns in the logistics and transport sector, especially for those working as service providers and MEI, individual microentrepreneurs. According to him, now is the ideal time to analyze the impacts of the sector on the choice of each candidate. According to research conducted by the Datafolha portal, it is estimated that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has already been in the country’s administration for 8 years, and Jair Bolsonaro, the current President of the Republic, are among the strongest contenders for the first round. 

Instabilities in the transport sector, service providers, and MEI will be more pronounced in 2023, given that no specific project has been created. During 2021, however, the MEI truck driver initiative was established, allowing citizens to become truck drivers by paying just a small DAS fee per month. The DAS would serve, according to the federal government, to collect taxes and contribute to the INSS, granting rights to retirement and various other benefits.

What Is The MEI Truck Driver, Created By The Government In 2021 And Which Came Into Effect In 2022? 

Few Representatives In This Year’s Elections 

The transport sector complains about the lack of representation this year. Despite this, some figures stand out, like Ari Rabaiolli, former president of Fetrancesc and owner of Aceville Transportes, who is running for office and claims he will create a series of entrepreneurial projects for this field.

Elections impact the economy globally and may cause GDP, Gross Domestic Product, to remain stagnant. In summary, a global survey conducted by Deloitte Global with at least 491 candidates estimates that 68% of them believe that elections negatively impact the economy. About 35% of them state that the impact could hit GDP, Gross Domestic Product.

Election Results Cause Concerns Among Investors 

Bolsonaro’s government was aimed at investors in Treasury Direct, stocks related to oil and gas, and fixed income with Selic rates above 13%. These investors are concerned that with the possible entry of a leftist government, the Selic may drop again, and Petrobras may lose its market chances to continue following external prices. 

Both candidates, Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, have expressed their possible projects for 2023, if elected, not only in the truck driver sector, MEI, and service providers but also in other sectors that strengthen the economy, such as mining. The leftist, for instance, has stated that he will not negotiate again with miners and will fight vigorously against the extraction of heavy metals from the soil, which could pollute the Brazilian bioma. Lula also opposes Amazon deforestation, while Bolsonaro claims that he will only invest in preventing deforestation if funding comes from other countries.