The Minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Alexandre Padilha, denied at CNN that the government has worked with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to define the exact moment to block amendments. Minister Flávio Dino’s decision, which blocked R$4.2 billion in parliamentary nominations, came out on Monday (23). In other words: after Congress approves the government’s spending cut package.
“The Supreme Court has autonomy over its decisions. Minister Flávio Dino certainly did not take this into account when making his decision. We will respect the decision made by the Supreme Court”, he said.
According to , the only dialogue that existed was the meeting held jointly with the STF and Congress to define new rules involving the allocation of amendments, which took place at the end of October.
“A joint note was released outlining the decisions. And from then on, the government sought to first contribute to the approval in the National Congress of those points that I consider to be important advances”, he added.
At the meeting, the framework for the growth of amendments to the fiscal framework was agreed; changing the characteristics of the so-called PIX amendments; and that bench amendments, committee amendments, will be allocated to priority projects.
According to the minister, the government has strictly followed everything it has to do.
Lira calls meeting
The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), called a meeting. The meeting should take place in the afternoon at the Official Residence of the Chamber. Parliamentarians who are not in Brasília must participate via video conference.
According to Lira’s allies, the main objective of the meeting is to discuss the election, in February, for positions on the Board of Directors. Party leaders, however, consider it inevitable to deal with Minister Flávio Dino’s blocking of R$4.2 billion in parliamentary amendments.
