Lira says he was never called by Lula to discuss cuts

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, (PP-AL), said this Tuesday (12.nov.2024) that he did not receive “no call” of the president’s government (PT) to discuss the package to review public spending.

The deputy from Alagoas made the statement upon arriving at an event of the evangelical group that was attended by (Republicanos-PB), favorite to preside over the Chamber in 2025. The group met at the Steak Bull steakhouse, in Brasília.

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The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, has already said that he would meet before the package was made official with Lira and (PSD–MG), president of the Senate. According to the Poder360no meeting has been held so far.

Pacheco, however, was invited by Lula to a meeting at Palácio do Planalto on Wednesday (Nov 13), at 9am. The theme of the meeting was not disclosed.

CUTTING EXPENSES

The measures are resisted by the political wing of the government. The Finance Minister has been pressured to deliver the set of actions. on Monday (4.Nov.2024) that the set of measures to reduce the trajectory of public expenditure should be released last week. The spending review package .

The economic team is studying reviewing expenses with the BPC (Continuous Payment Benefit), Fundeb (Fund for Maintenance and Development of Basic Education and Valorization of Education Professionals), unemployment insurance and salary bonus. Read the infographics that show the evolution of spending in recent years.

For financial agents, the measures are necessary to provide sustainability to the fiscal framework – the law that replaced the spending ceiling in 2023. Market estimates indicate that the federal government will not meet the targets in 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027.

The Chamber of Deputies approved this Tuesday (November 12, 2024) the urgent request for PL (bill) 287 of 2013, which changes the area of ​​activity of Sudeco (Superintendence for Development of the Central-West).