Senator Fernando Bezerra Coelho (MDB-PE), government leader and rapporteur of the PEC dos Precatórios in the Senate, accepted some amendments presented by lawmakers in their opinion on the proposal, to increase the chance of approval of the text by the Committee on Constitution and Justice (CCJ), this Tuesday (30th).
The matter was approved this Tuesday afternoon by 16 votes to 10. 14 votes were needed for approval by the commission.
The text is now going to the Senate plenary, where the government wing is pressing for a vote today. The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), however, considers it more possible for the PEC to be analyzed on Thursday.
The discussions, which began this morning, took a three-hour break when Bezerra negotiated the changes.
The main change is the removal of the Fundef (Funding for the Maintenance and Development of Elementary Education and the Appreciation of Teaching) from the spending ceiling — constitutional limit for annual government spending.
These judicial debts with the states amount to around R$16 billion. Under the PEC, 40% of this amount will have to be paid in the first year.
Another important change was putting food court orders on the priority list for payment.
“We removed the Fundef payment from the ceiling. By doing this, I opened up a space of almost R$ 10 billion to meet the food precatory regulations”, said Bezerra.
On the priority list for payments are those who will receive smaller amounts, up to R$ 66,000, people aged 60 or over and people with disabilities.
The backbone of the text of the PEC dos Precatório is to pay half of the amount owed on the Union’s judicial debts next year, and change the calculation of the spending ceiling, which would open up R$ 106 billion.
In the text that came from the Chamber, Bezerra made changes such as ensuring that all open space in the budget is linked to the payment of social assistance. In addition, it established the payment of R$ 400 from Auxpilio Brasil as permanent.
Bezerra avoided risking a score in the plenary, but says he is confident he has a minimum of 49 senators in favor.
*With information from Bia Gurgel, from CNN, in Brasília, and from Estadão Content / text published by Ligia Tuon
Reference: CNN Brasil
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