The only possible readjustment to functionalism is linear and up to 5%, says Guedes

With the decision on readjustments for the civil service postponed last week, Minister Paulo Guedes (Economy) said this Wednesday (25) in Davos that the 5% increase for the federal civil service is the only possible one and that it would be feasible within of the current Budget. It is not with this scenario, however, that the government has been working.

“The president would like to give the police a raise, but he can’t, it is seen as enticement,” Guedes told reporters during the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, in which he participated.

Asked about the fact that Jair Bolsonaro (PL) continues to promise a differentiated increase in police careers – Federal Police, PRF (Federal Highway Police) and Depen (Department of Penitentiary) – the minister evoked pressure from civil servants for more.

“You can even give something, but forget what was left behind. Do you think that in Germany, in the United States… Losses happen. Everyone lost all over the world. 5% so far. Is it possible to replace this year’s civil service? Yes, it’s possible, up to 5% is. It’s by law, in an election year you can only give up to inflation and linear.”

Civil servants have been pressing Planalto for a readjustment that recovers inflation, and Bolsonaro has alternated nods and retreats, especially for police careers.

Faced with the impasse, the government split the budget cut in installments, setting aside BRL 9.9 billion until Friday (20) and leaving an additional block of around BRL 5 billion to be made in July to accommodate a 5% recomposition. to all servers plus a differentiated increase for police categories.

Full schedule in Davos

Guedes spoke this Wednesday morning to a small group of government representatives and businessmen from the Americas and Asia-Pacific during a meeting to discuss the trade relationship between the two regions.

The representative of Indonesia, the country currently in the presidency of the G20, showed special interest in strengthening ties, especially in solutions to the climate crisis and the carbon credit market.

Guedes has repeated that developed countries should pay for the maintenance of tropical forests, given the difficulty of monitoring.

The measure, if implemented, would benefit both countries, owners of the largest forests of this type in the world. The minister is meeting this Tuesday with another person interested in the idea: the president of Colombia, Iván Duque, whose government is about to end.

In the late afternoon, Guedes meets with the ministers of Economy and Investment of Saudi Arabia, the third largest oil producer in the world.