The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddadhe said that the government’s economic team is, as part of a routine, “continually working in measures that will be taken to President Lula“.
In an interview with Rede TV! This Thursday (30), Haddad said he cannot “understand the argument that government is not doing its part.”
“I understand their position, but I can’t understand. Temer and Bolsonaro governments had much higher tax deficits. There was a lot of rhetoric of care for public accounts, but neither Meirelles nor Guedes were able to produce a sustainable surplus, ”Haddad pointed out.
. If extraordinary spending is excluded, such as the values for the fight against floods in Rio Grande do Sul and the burning, the break was R $ 11 billion, which represents a primary deficit of 0.09% of GDP and, therefore, inside of the roof of the goal pursued by the executive.
Haddad stated that the accounts would be surplus if the provisional measures sent by the government had been maintained last year, whose objectives were to find compensations for the exemption of the payroll to 17 sectors of the economy.
“I’m not putting guilt in anyone, but a false idea is passed that you took care of public accounts before and now not. The numbers show the opposite, ”argued the minister.
The head of the economic team reiterated that the government delivered and was approved by Congress in December to a package of tax containment measures.
“If inflation has escaped the ceiling, we will take action to bring it to a level considered bearable,” he said.