The new report from Budget from 2022 to be voted no Congress provides that, after the approval of the constitutional amendments that changed the form of payment of court-ordered debts, a fiscal margin of BRL 113.1 billion will be created for the next year, an amount higher than the BRL 106 billion that the federal government had foreseen.
“Considering the effects of the aforementioned constitutional amendments, a total fiscal margin of around R$ 113.1 billion was created, R$ 110.0 billion of which within the scope of the Executive Branch”, says the opinion of the Budget Rapporteur, Deputy Hugo Leal (PSD-RJ).
“It should be noted that this budget space allowed the allocation of the necessary appropriations to make the expansion of the Program feasible. Brazil Aid, which will benefit around 17.9 million Brazilian families in a situation of poverty and extreme poverty, in addition to additional contributions to the areas of health, welfare and social assistance”, adds the report.
The latest version of the opinion, concluded this Monday (20th), also provides that, subject to the spending ceiling, BRL 45.6 billion will be paid next year, referring to expenses arising from court rulings, which “made the opening possible. of fiscal space of R$43.5 billion related to the expenditure ceiling of the Executive Branch”.
The vote on the final report, which was scheduled to take place at 10 am this Monday by the Mixed Budget Committee (CMO), was postponed to Tuesday (21) so that lawmakers can make adjustments to the text.
readjustment
The rapporteur’s opinion did not take into account the request of the Ministry of Economy done last week to reallocate nearly R$2.9 billion in the 2022 Budget with the purpose of readjusting salaries in some civil servant careers.
The president Jair Bolsonaro signaled that he would like to grant increases to specific categories, such as federal police and federal highway police.
The text provides that the minimum wage next year will be R$1,210, above the R$1,169 stipulated in the budget project sent by the government to Congress in August. The higher value reflects the increase in the estimate for the increase of the INPC in 2021. inflation is used in the minimum wage correction and its exact number for the year will only be known in January.
Questions
The president of the CMO, senator Rose de Freitas (MDB-ES), said that the postponement of the budget vote to Tuesday is to seek to resolve technical questions regarding the rapporteur’s opinion, noting that there are no disputes against his position.
Rose mentioned, for example, that lawmakers want the education budget to return to the level of 2019, and that there is also no consensus on the value of the electoral fund for next year – there are those who want to reduce the value of BRL 5.7 billion and the opinion foresees R$ 5.1 billion for this item.
The final report of next year’s Budget rapporteur, Deputy Hugo Leal (PSD-RJ), of 2,446 pages, was only made available this Monday morning.
The initial expectation was that the opinion would be voted on in the CMO in the morning and in the afternoon, in the plenary of the National Congress. Now this calendar should be for Tuesday. Internal committee meetings are planned for this Monday afternoon to seek understanding of this and other issues.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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