Government parliamentarians are evaluating guaranteeing the granting of gas vouchers every month. Today, the government pays 50% of the value of the cylinder every two months. In the fuel package being discussed in Congress, the value of the benefit will double to 100% of the price of the cylinder. But the political core is pushing to increase the frequency as well.
The increase in the gas voucher will be included in a Proposal for Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) in the Senate. The PEC will also reinforce Auxílio Brasil, with an increase in the social benefit floor from R$400 to R$600.
Among the technicians of the Ministry of Citizenship, the estimated expenditure of the two measures was currently between R$ 29 billion to R$ 30 billion until December of this year.
On Friday, the 24th, the PEC’s rapporteur, Senator Fernando Bezerra (MDB-PE), predicted an expense for the two aids of R$ 23.1 billion – R$ 21.6 billion from Auxílio Brasil and R$ 1, 5 billion from the gas voucher.
Bezerra estimated a cost of R$ 34.8 billion, a value that should increase with the changes that were discussed. In the economic area, the forecast this Monday was a cost of R$ 37 billion outside the spending ceiling (the rule that limits the growth of expenses to the variation of inflation). The package also includes a BRL 1,000 truck driver grant and compensation to states for free public transport for the elderly and for the loss in revenue by setting the ICMS tax rate on ethanol at 12%.
The rapporteur was going to present the opinion this Monday, 27, but postponed the announcement to this Tuesday, 28, at 11 am.
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