The vice president-elect, Geraldo Alckmin, met in the early afternoon of this Thursday (3) with the minister of the Civil House, Ciro Nogueira, at Palácio do Planalto, in the first meeting to discuss the transition of government.
“We should start from Monday of next week [a transição do governo]. So, the entire flow of information was also discussed. We will forward them all to Minister Ciro Nogueira, to the Civil House, and the transition is installed, with the objective of transparency, planning, continuity of services provided to the population and that we can, in this period, have all the information and be able to continue the services, not interrupt them and otherwise, prepare for the inauguration on the 1st [de janeiro]”, said Alckmin.
According to Geraldo Alckmin, as of Monday (7) a series of work meetings will begin. According to the legislation, 50 people can be appointed to work in the transition period, a group that can also have federal employees and volunteers. The names, according to the vice president-elect, should also begin to be announced on Monday.
“As of Monday (7), after we have a meeting with President Lula, we will begin to disclose the names of the transition”, he informed.
Parties that supported Lula’s candidacy will nominate names to compose the transition team. According to Alckmin, there will also be talks with politicians and parties that joined only in the second round, such as Simone Tebet (MDB) and the PDT. In the first round, ten acronyms made up the national coalition in support of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s candidacy: Brazil Federation of Hope (PT, PV and PCdoB), PSOL/Rede Federation (PSOL and Rede), PSB, Solidariedade, Pros, Avante and act. In the second round, parties such as PDT and Cidadania also joined the campaign.
Budget 2023
This Thursday morning, the vice president-elect, Geraldo Alckmin, members of the transition team and PT parliamentarians met with the general rapporteur of the Joint Budget Committee, Senator Marcelo Castro (MDB-PI).
A proposed amendment to the Constitutionwhich is being called the Emergency Transition PEC, is the bet of the elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to make possible the payment of campaign promises, such as the Auxílio Brasil of R$ 600, starting in January 2023. The text, which will be built until next Tuesday (8), makes the spending ceiling more flexible with unavoidable expenses, such as the income transfer program.
Senator Marcelo Castro said that Lula’s campaign promises do not fit into the budget proposal for 2023, put together by the government of Jair Bolsonaro. “Everyone knows that there is no resource for Popular Pharmacy and that resources for indigenous health, immunobiologicals and vaccines have been cut. The Budget is already in deficit by itself. For the ninth consecutive year, we are budgeting with a deficit of approximately R$ 65 billion “, said.
