Proposal that expands social programs is the president’s main bet to improve his image with voters
The president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) participates this Thursday (14.Jul.2022) in the promulgation of the proposed amendment to the Constitution that increases the value of Emergency Aid from R$ 400 to R$ 600 within 80 days of the election. The validation of the PEC will be carried out in a session of the National Congress, with the president of the Senate Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), and the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
The benefits package will have an estimated cost of R$ 41.25 billion. With the approval of the proposal, the social actions financed by the Bolsonaro government in 2022 add up to almost BRL 200 billion.
The approval of the PEC represents a victory for the Bolsonaro government. The benefits package is the president’s main bet to increase his chance of reelection in October.
Voting intention polls show that he is at risk of losing to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (EN) already in 1st shift.
O last survey PoderData, released on Wednesday (6.Jul.2022), detected that Lula has 44% of voting intentions for the 1st round. Bolsonaro has 36%.
The current president has his best score among those earning 5 or more salaries, while Lula has an advantage among women, young people and people with lower incomes.
The most recent survey by PoderData was carried out from July 3 to 5, 2022 through calls to cell phones and landlines. There were 3,000 interviews in 317 municipalities, in the 27 units of the Federation. The margin of error is 2 percentage points. The confidence interval is 95%. Registration with the TSE is BR-06650/2022.
BENEFITS PACKAGE
In addition to boosting social programs, the PEC authorizes a transfer of R$ 3.8 billion to the States to give ethanol producers tax competitiveness against gasoline.
According to the Minister of the Civil House, Ciro Nogueira (PP), the new aid must be paid from 9 August. The measures will only last until the end of the year.
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