The measure would cost the Executive BRL 6.3 billion and another BRL 1.5 billion for the other powers
The 5% readjustment to civil servants, discussed last week by President Jair Bolsonaro, is not yet 100% defined, informed the special secretary of the Treasury and Budget, Esteves Colnago. The decision would cost the Executive BRL 6.3 billion and another BRL 1.5 billion for the other powers.
The salary increase would be a way to mitigate the salary losses of the civil service amid rising inflation, and the 2 years without readjustment because of the pandemic. There is a lot of dissatisfaction among government workers because they think the percentage is low.
For the secretary of the Ministry of Economy, the idea of giving a 5% increase is “fair” and “considerable”. According to him, Brazil has been in the red for 11 months and is not in a peaceful situation, as there is still a pandemic and there is a war abroad.
The Ministry of Economy intends to provision R$ 11.7 billion for salary readjustments in 2023 if there is no increase this year. The money must be defined in the PLOA (Annual Budget Bill) proposal, which will be sent in August. However, if the government gives an increase of R$6.3 billion in 2022, the amount provisioned for 2023 will have to be raised (to R$12.6 billion).
The government estimates a positive balance in public accounts only in 2025. For this year, the expectation of a deficit of R$ 65.9 billion, the 10th consecutive year in the red.
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The 5% salary increase was criticized by the ADPF (National Association of Federal Police Delegates). In a statement, delegates expressed “total indignation and repudiation” to percentage. He said that if the readjustment takes place, “there will be an unfair breach of commitment [do governo] which will be felt even more after the many losses suffered by the federal police during this government, which has always had public safety among its banners.”.
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