The Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Hunger Fighting (MDS), Wellington Dias, said that there is a discussion in the Lula administration a change in the value of Bolsa Familia in the face of the “sudden” increase in food price. “Let’s make a decision dialoguing with the president (Lula), because it reverberates. Is it an adjustment? Is it a supplement in food? ”, Asks, then admit that moving the amount of the transfer“ is on the table ”.
The statement took place in an interview with the portal German wave This Friday, 7.
The minister said he prepares a report to present to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva until March.
‘Noise’
Members of the economic team told the Broadcast (Real -time news system of the state group) that the statement given by days is just a noise.
According to the technicians, in addition to no budget space for an increase in benefit value, the measure would worsen the inflationary scenario.
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In this year’s budget bill (PLOA), still pending voting by Congress, the government reserved R $ 167.2 billion for Bolsa Familia.
After the minister’s statement, the dollar in sight extended the earnings and played the level of $ 5.80. The rates of interfiniency deposits (DIS) of a very short time also renewed maximums in reaction to the minister’s speech.
President Lula has been concerned about the high price of food – which has been weighing on his popularity.
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On Thursday, 7, the president guided the population to stop buying expensive products, which became meme in the networks.
This Friday, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad has again said that the dollar is losing strength to the real and that this will help reduce the price of food in the medium term.
