In a flash vote, the Chamber of Deputies recently approved a legislative decree that raises the salary of President of the Republic, Ministers of State, Federal Deputies and Senators to R$46,300. The remuneration will be equivalent to the ceiling of the ministers of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), which will rise to R$ 46,300 with the approval of another project.
Voting took place in a symbolic manner, in which votes are not recorded by name. Only the PSOL, the New Party and some deputies from other parties opposed the readjustment. Earlier, deputies approved an emergency regime for readjustments by the Judiciary, the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Public Defender’s Office.
To become law, the increases need to be approved by the Senate, in a vote that is expected to take place this week. According to the National Congress, the four proposals that raise wages have an impact of BRL 2.5 billion on the 2023 Budget, an amount that was already foreseen in next year’s Budget project.
Currently, the civil service ceiling corresponds to the salary of STF ministers, who receive R$ 39.2 thousand. The President of the Republic earns R$30,900 per month; and federal deputies and senators, R$ 33.7 thousand. The project approved today provides for a staggered increase in five installments, until 2026.
For STF ministers, whose increase is being discussed in another project, the increase to R$ 46.3 thousand will be divided into four installments, until 2024. The last time there was an increase for STF ministers was in 2015. Congress and the executive branch, the last salary adjustment was in 2014.
At this moment, the plenary of the Chamber began to discuss the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) of the Transition. (https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2022-12/camara-comeca-analise-de-pec-da-transicao) An agreement closed in the morning reduced the validity of the proposal from two to one year . R$ 145 billion for social programs, R$ 23 billion for investments based on excess revenue and R$ 24.6 billion for abandoned PIS/Pasep Fund accounts will also be excluded from the spending ceiling.
In exchange, the R$ 19.4 billion of the rapporteur’s amendments, associated with the secret budget, will be divided equally, with R$ 9.7 billion redistributed to the ministries and R$ 9.7 billion destined to the individual taxable amendments.
