Oriovisto Guimarães proposed to reduce the slack in the spending ceiling from BRL 145 billion to BRL 100 billion
Senators rejected the 3 highlights this Wednesday (7.Dec.2022) that could change the text of the PEC (proposed amendment to the Constitution) that breaks the spending ceiling, with a fiscal impact of more than R$ 200 billion. The changes were presented by Podemos PP and PL.
The most relevant was the validity of the measure: 1 or 2 years. In that vote, the Lula party had 55 of the 81 possible votes and the term was set at 2 years. But it was made explicit that the current government now has 26 votes in the Senate. In 2023, that number increases with the new occupants of 27 chairs in the House.
Senator’s highlight Oriovisto Guimaraes (Podemos-PR) proposed decrease the R$ 145 billion slack in the spending ceiling for 2 years to R$ 100 billion in 2023. The change needed 49 favorable votes to be approved by the plenary. There were 27 in favor and 50 against.
Guimarães also proposed in his amendment that Lula send the new tax regime proposal to Congress by June 30, 2023. The suggestion had already been analyzed and rejected by the rapporteur Alexandre Silveira (PSD-MG).
In all, the PEC received 12 plenary amendments that did not reach the number of signatures necessary for senators to deliberate.
- dehydration: Pode’s highlight for reducing the hole in the ceiling to R$ 100 billion, the term for 1 year and the deadline for sending the new tax regime to June 2023. There were 27 votes in favor and 50 no. It was rejected;
- less time: highlight of the PP reduced to 1 year the validity of the hole in the ceiling of R$ 145 billion. There were 55 votes for maintaining the text and 23 for the change. It was rejected;
- PIS/Pasep: highlight of the PL to remove the possibility of using accounts forgotten about the benefits outside the ceiling, the impact outside the ceiling is R$ 24.6 billion. It is still being analyzed.
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