Bruno Dantas says he sees the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, as an ally to contain spending
The president of TCU (Tribunal de Contas da União), Bruno Dantas, said that the federal government’s actions in Rio Grande do Sul cannot mean a “released general” of financial resources. According to him, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddadis “important backbone in the defense that the necessary expenses are made with restraint”.
“Every effort is necessary to save Rio Grande do Sul. But we have to be clear that this cannot mean a ‘general release’, because the price charged, especially to the neediest population, is very high: inflation, tax high interest rates, unemployment”, he said in an interview with the newspaper State of S. Paulopublished this Sunday (May 19, 2024).
The TCU minister said he saw in Haddad and other government ministers “a collaboration” to hold down expenses. “President Lula himself [PT] has been very parsimonious“, he said.
According to Dantas, “In times of calamity, fiscal constraints need to be loosened. But it cannot be allowed that, under the pretext of helping people, expenses other than those necessary are incurred contrary to legislation.”.
In this sense, TCU will operate in Rio Grande do Sul with a 3-axis recovery program:
- public purchases and contracting, under the report of Minister Vital do Rêgo;
- Civil Defense: for equipping the brigade members and rebuilding the houses, under the report of Minister Augusto Nardes; It is
- fiscal: compliance with public finances, under the report of minister Jonathan de Jesus.
According to the president of the TCU, the body will also work in a task force to monitor transfers from the federal government to states and municipalities.
“Let’s, together with the Ministry of Finance, estimate how much all this [apoio ao RS] it will cost. See what is already in the Budget and what needs supplementation, so that the tragedy does not become a pretext for expenses unrelated to the catastrophe”, he declared.
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