The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), said this Tuesday (18) that the vote on the proposed new fiscal framework should be held by May 10. Almost three weeks after being presented, the new fiscal rule that will replace the spending cap was delivered earlier to the National Congress. The delivery took place at a closed event at the Planalto Palace, with the participation of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, the Vice President of the Senate, Veneziano Vital do Rêgo (MDB-PB), in addition to Lira himself. .
“If we can meet the deadline of May 10th in the Chamber, I think it will do well, it will give a peaceful debate on a topic that you would spend almost 15 days discussing widely,” he said in a statement to journalists. “Our confidence is full that we will have a good result, a good law”, projected, on expectation of approval of the text.
Reporter
The rapporteur for the matter will be announced by Lira this Wednesday (19), in the early afternoon. The president of the Chamber asked for commitment from the leaders so that the project can be processed quickly in the House. He assured that there will be transparency in the debates.
“If everything goes the way we are thinking, we will nominate the rapporteur tomorrow, directly to the plenary, ask all the procedures and help to the leaders, so that they favor this matter to come. And tighten the debate, make it public, with the published text with all its details, and make this debate as transparent as possible”, he said.
Changes
The supplementary bill of the fiscal framework had adjustments, which clarify points not disclosed at the end of March. The main change concerns extraordinary collections, which will not be considered in the calculation of the real growth limit (above inflation) of 70% of revenues, limited to an interval between 0.6% and 2.5% above inflation.
The economic team decided to include the measure to prevent atypical revenues from running the risk of becoming permanent expenses. Revenues to be excluded from the calculation are the following: privatizations, concessions, permits, royalties (exploitation of natural resources) and dividends from state-owned companies.
