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The government will arrive next week when Congress promises to “try” to vote on measures to increase Union revenue, with a list of demands from parliamentarians on the table. Towards the end of the year and depending on the goodwill of the deputies and senators to approve these proposals, the Palácio do Planalto risks becoming hostage to the desire for amendments and the guarantee of additional resources for the electoral fund. In 2024, the mayoral elections will be held, which form the basis of congressmen.
In the Chamber, the deputies who form the basis of the government are dissatisfied and demand that their amendments be considered by the executive power. This week, for example, Rep. José Rocha (União Brasil-BA) publicly complained that more than 20 of his amendments to the Multi-Year Plan (PPA), which includes investments in federal programs between 2024 and 2027, have not been considered. And he announced who was speaking not only on his behalf, but also on behalf of several colleagues.
“The problem that affects some parliamentarians is that colleagues have not introduced several individual mandatory amendments (those that the government is obliged to publish). I have health care amendments, for hospitals in Bahia, and they are not (close to payment), among 26 other amendments,” Rocha said. “I think it’s absurd. We can’t be seen that way. It’s hard to understand that there’s no sensitivity to help these organizations that are so under-resourced.” The rapporteur of the PPA, MP Bon Gus (PT-RS), did not respond to the MP.
Parliamentarians complain that there are still Jair Bolsonaro-era amendments that have not been published. From these amendments of the previous administration, the balance is almost 15 billion reais, considering the years 2019-2021.
The government of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is struggling to get the votes to guarantee the approval of projects of interest to the economic team. This week, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad met with Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG) to discuss the agenda for next week. He heard from the senator that, if necessary, special sessions would be called to meet Planalto’s demands.
Among the government’s pending issues in Congress are a vote on the Budget Guidelines Act (LDO), tax reform and the sports betting project.
In recent years, Congress has taken control of a significant portion of the budget. An example of this power is that MPs today are less dependent on ministries, where they send their advisers to wait in the ministerial corridor and ask for amendments to be issued.
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Every time he can, the President of the Chamber, Artur Lira (PP-AL), the main person responsible for this transfer of powers for the release of funds, repeats that the phase of the parliamentarian with a “cup in his hand” on the Esplanada dos Ministérios is over.
The deputy with experience in the budget field, Danilo Forte (União Brasil-CE), LDO speaker, further linked this part to Congress. He included in the law an article that increases the expected R$37.6 billion in individual and judicial amendments to almost R$50 billion.
The government fears losing money that it understands should go to the PAC (Growth Acceleration Programme) – which is also subject to amendments by parliamentarians. In an election year, Lula’s ministers doubt that MPs and senators will allocate resources to the work of the federal government to the detriment of the mayor’s requests from his bases in his electoral bastions.
Next week, Congress will be in session to vote on the LDO and PPA, which will invest R$13.3 trillion in 88 programs in various sectors. Lula’s vetoes, such as the timing of the demarcation of indigenous lands, will also be voted on.
The PT member’s veto of extending the wage exemption to 17 sectors of the economy will be a declared defeat for the government if it goes to a vote. The head of the government in Congress, Senator Randolph Rodríguez (no party-AP), said this Friday that the exception should not be considered in the session. Haddad, who requested and encouraged Lula’s veto, was left to present an alternative for businessmen in the affected sectors.
“We have a session of Congress on Thursday, we have vetoes to vote on. The tax exemption does not block the agenda. We are looking for an understanding with the Treasury Department,” Randolph said. “I am aware that we will evaluate all vetoes and reach a mediation for a release.”
Pacheco announced that there would be up to two weeks of concentrated effort. The president of the Congress is very close to Planalto, who supported his cause in the dispute with Minas Gerais state governor Romeo Zema of Novo, in a confrontation involving Minas Gerais state politicians over the debt to the Union of R$ 160 billion. Haddad came to the senator’s defense and said Zema was “making fun of the press and social media” instead of sitting down and discussing the state’s problem.
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