The Senate approved today (4) the provisional measure (MP) that increased the minimum amount of Auxílio Brasil to R$ 400. The text makes this floor permanent. The text left the Chamber at the end of April and underwent changes before reaching the Senate. Now, the matter goes to presidential sanction.
The MP sent by the government provided for the payment of this supplement only until December of this year, but party leaders, still in the Chamber, pressed for change. It is estimated that the government needs R$41 billion a year to pay the supplementary benefit, almost the same amount used to pay Auxílio Brasil, around R$47.5 billion.
Auxílio Brasil was the social program created by the government to replace Bolsa Família, created in 2003. The deputies also amended the project, including a section that limits the discount on Auxílio Brasil payments resulting from improper receipt of closed-season insurance to 30%. in the past.
The expansion of Auxílio Brasil was made possible after approval of the PEC dos Precatórios, which included a provision that determines that every Brazilian in a vulnerable situation is entitled to a basic family income, guaranteed by the government.
