The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), said this Thursday (25) that the approval of the PEC dos Precatórios is a priority, but he did not guarantee that the vote will be taken next week, as the president’s government wishes. Jair Bolsonaro.
The government had set the deadline for voting next week on the PEC in the CCJ (Committee on Constitution and Justice) and also in the plenary of the Senate. Jair Bolsonaro intends to pay R$ 400 for Brazil Aid in December and for that it depends on the approval of the proposal, which will make room in the budget.
Pacheco was asked about the request of the president of the CCJ, Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP), for the plenary’s agenda to be dedicated exclusively to the consideration of nominations for positions. That’s because the president of the Senate scheduled a week of concentrated effort to that end.
The government, in turn, would like to present the high quorum of the concentrated effort to approve the PEC dos Precatório, which needs the favorable vote of 49 senators, in two rounds.
“We are going to try to coexist the interests of the hearings that are the priority of the concentrated effort, but the PEC of the Precatório is also the same. The phase of the Constitution and Justice Commission is over and it is up to the plenary to assess, including taking advantage of the presence of senators and senators in plenary, we will eventually try to assess the PEC next week, which is very important for Brazil,” said the president of the Senate, who then emphasized that he could not, however, guarantee the vote.
“I can’t guarantee it. The PEC has to complete the stage of the Constitution and Justice Commission, the opinion has already been read, there was a request for a view. It needs to be considered in the CCJ. Finalized in the CCJ, it goes to the plenary and as soon as it arrives in the plenary I I will have a sense of urgency in relation to the PEC, because it needs to be appreciated”, he added.
The president of the Senate was also questioned about any obstacles caused by the PEC dos Precatório to delay the vote on the budget, which would stay for 2022. Pacheco again did not guarantee that this will not happen, but said that it would be possible to avoid it.
“Let’s just try to avoid this [que orçamento não seja votado, por causa da PEC], that’s why it’s a fight against time. We need to find a solution to this problem, the precatories, the fiscal space, the social program, also defining the vote on the budget. All these missions must be carried out by Congress,” he said.
The PEC dos Precatórios began to be processed this Wednesday (24) in the Senate, with the reading in the CCJ of the text by the rapporteur and government leader Fernando Bezerra (MDB-PE). There was, however, a collective request for views and therefore the vote was postponed to next Tuesday (30).
Some parties in the Senate, such as the PSD, are pressing for the analysis of the proposal to be resumed only in December. Leaders argue that more time is needed to analyze the new version of the PEC.
Resistance to the report increased throughout Wednesday in the main caucuses and, behind the scenes, it is said that currently the government would not have the votes to approve the measure in the plenary. The two main benches, the MDB and the PSD, considered essential for the PEC to be approved, met and began to present reservations with the final report. They asked for changes, under the threat of not yielding the votes the government needs.
Although the government conceded on points in Bezerra’s report, the concessions did not prove to be sufficient to guarantee a safe margin of support needed for a PEC –49 of the 81 senators.
The leader of the MDB, Eduardo Braga (AM), said that the party is still going to analyze the text to suggest changes in the provision that postpones the payment of court orders, debts of the Union that have already been recognized in court.
According to the senator, this will generate a snowball effect and, over the years, the list of court orders to be paid will grow even longer. “It can’t be like that,” said Braga.
The creation of a ceiling for the discharge of these debts is one of the pillars of the PEC. The government wants to preserve this part of the proposal, but the postponement of the payment of court orders is also criticized by Somos, the second largest caucus in the Senate,
Today, the Precatório PEC focuses the attention of President Jair Bolsonaro in Congress. It authorizes the government to spend more and makes possible government promises in the social area, such as the increase in Brazil Aid, which seek to boost Bolsonaro’s reelection campaign in 2022. year, the PEC has two main pillars.
One measure allows for a dribble in the spending ceiling, retroactively recalculating that limit. The other measure creates a maximum value for the payment of court orders, which are federal debts recognized by the courts.
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