Less than 100 days before the presidential elections, the National Congress has made a move to ensure that the resources of the rapporteur’s amendments remain with the Legislature from 2023.
Report on the Budget Guidelines Law presented by the rapporteur, Senator Marcos do Val (Podemos-ES), presented this Sunday night (26), makes it clear in the text that they become impositive.
Today, only individual parliamentary amendments and those of benches are imposed. This year, the rapporteur’s amendments reached R$ 16.5 billion and was shrouded in controversy due to the lack of transparency and what is seen by many as a political use of resources to privilege allies of the Palácio do Planalto.
The Federal Supreme Court was called and intervened to give greater publicity to the process. Behind the scenes, technicians and parliamentarians say that given the unpredictability of the presidential election, it is necessary to secure resources with Congress.
Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), leader of the polls, is critical of the model and defends the end of the rapporteur’s amendments. As already shown by CNN the PT even internally debates alternatives to the process.
In his 509-page report distributed this Sunday night, Senator Marcos do Val says that “We have inserted article 81-A to enunciate the imposing nature of programs classified as RP-9, based on the provisions of paragraph 10 of the article 165 of the Constitution, which affirms the duty to execute all programs related to the effective delivery of public goods and services”.
It also states that “the tax character comprises, cumulatively, the commitment and payment corresponding to the amount authorized by the Mixed Budget Commission, and the remaining payable related to programs with result identifier 9 (RP9) – which also occurs in the other amendments tax – may be considered for the purpose of fulfilling the primary financial execution”.
THE CNN reported on June 15 that Congress was debating this possibility. There is a debate as to whether the ideal way to make this move is through a PEC, which would provide greater legal certainty. It was in this way that the then president of the Chamber Eduardo Cunha made individual parliamentary amendments mandatory.
Source: CNN Brasil
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