The government leader in the Federal Senate, Fernando Bezerra (MDB-PE), told the CNN this Thursday (11) that the “great concern” of senators in analyzing the PEC of Precatório is “knowing if the open fiscal space is fair”. According to the Ministry of Economy, the fiscal space that opens up is R$ 91.6 billion.
“The great concern of senators is to know whether the fiscal space being opened by the PEC dos Precatórios is a fair and necessary space, or whether it is excessive. We need to bring information of a technical nature and know how this fiscal space is being used”, he said.
Bezerra was confirmed as the rapporteur of the PEC of Precatório this Wednesday (10). THE CNN he had anticipated that the president of the CCJ (Committee on Constitution and Justice), Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP), would designate the senator for the report. The forecast is that the matter can go to the plenary still in the last week of November or in the beginning of December.
On Thursday, the rapporteur said that he has already started a dialogue with leaders and scheduled a meeting with authors of alternative proposals to the PEC of Precatório, such as senators José Aníbal (PSDB-SP), Oriovisto Guimarães (Podemos-PR) and Alessandro Vieira (Citizenship -IF).
“I started a dialogue with leaders and proposed a meeting with senators who bring suggestions and contributions to amend the PEC. We agreed to meet next Tuesday, at 10 am, in José Aníbal’s office, to understand each of these proposals. We will be able to explain the text that came from the Chamber”, stated Bezerra.
In Senator José Aníbal’s alternative PEC, for example, it is estimated that R$ 75 billion would be needed to “adequately fund a new social program to update next year’s budget proposal, forwarded with outdated macroeconomic parameters”, as the analyst said. policy of CNN Pitta broth.
fiscal space
The PEC dos Precatório opens fiscal space estimated at R$91.6 billion, according to the Ministry of Economy. This amount, however, is obtained by revising the spending ceiling and postponing the discharge of court orders, which provoked reactions among economic agents and increased the country’s exchange rate instability.
To reach BRL 76 billion of fiscal space, the alternative proposal defends a cut of BRL 22 billion in revocation of subsidies, BRL 10 billion with the exclusion of Social Security from the expenditure ceiling retroactive to 2016, BRL 16 billion with the exclusion of Fundef court orders from the ceiling, BRL 10 billion in cuts after periodic review of public spending, and BRL 18 billion with the full allocation of budget amendments to social assistance.
(*With information from Iuri Pitta, from CNN, in São Paulo)
Reference: CNN Brasil
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