after the Benefits PEC having been approved in two rounds on Wednesday (13), the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), stated that the payments will not break the spending ceiling and that the budget for subsidies is foreseen in the budget.
The impact of the resources to fund the initiatives is estimated at R$ 41.25 billion, between the expansion of Auxílio Brasil, the gas voucher, and the creation of measures to support taxi drivers and autonomous transporters.
“Different from what they are saying, the text is based on R$ 41 billion of R$ 65 billion of surplus between Petrobras dividends and the sale of Eletrobras. Therefore, there is no hole in the spending ceiling, this revenue is forecast”, said Lira.
The president of the Chamber pointed out that the measures will only be valid until the end of the year, which has been criticized by the opposition, which calls the PEC an electoral campaign targeting the October disputes.
“The PEC has an expiration date, no one is committing any kind of fraud. We are monitoring these situations, as will the development of all these matters that Congress has voted on, to reduce energy and fuel prices”, added Lira.
Arthur Lira also said that there was a “tough fight” in Congress to pass measures to reduce prices, citing recent disagreements with governors after cutting state taxes.
“Every governor is getting excited because he signed the decree to reduce the price of fuel and the energy tariff. This was a tough fight in the National Congress so that the population could finally feel the decrease in prices directly linked to taxes”, he concluded.
Benefits PEC
The basic text of the Benefits PEC was approved this Wednesday in the second round by 469 votes in favor, 17 against and 2 abstentions. 308 favorable votes were needed for approval.
Despite criticism of the PEC, leaders of opposition parties, such as PT, Rede, PCdoB and PSB, guided their deputies to vote in favor of the proposal. The only party to guide the respective deputies against the proposal was Novo.
In the first round, this Tuesday (12) night, the score had been 393 votes in favor, 14 against and no abstentions. The highlights of the first round – all rejected – ended up being analyzed only this Wednesday due to the suspension of the session yesterday by the president of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), due to technical problems in the remote voting system of the deputies.
After complaints from the opposition, Lira started a new session on Wednesday morning. However, unlike the previous day, it allowed deputies to register their presence remotely, without being in Brasília. This is because many parliamentarians had already traveled to their respective states.
The opposition said that the change was a maneuver by Lira for the government to guarantee a quorum in favor of the approval of the PEC. Lira called the technical failure a “serious and unprecedented occurrence”.
The government was in a hurry to approve the Benefits PEC as it aims to make payments from the beginning of August. The fact that the measure takes place three months before the elections is criticized by the opposition.
Source: CNN Brasil
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