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Municipalities that have debts with the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) are closer to a new installment opportunity, where payments can be diluted within 25 years.
The proposal of the amendment to the Constitution already approved in the Senate should advance in the House of Representatives, according to the president of the House, Deputy Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB).
PEC that foresees installments and other benefits to indebted municipalities should advance in the National Congress next week. Image: Leonardo Sá/Senate Agency
PEC was initially presented by Senator Jader Barbalho (MDB-PA) to relieve municipal accounts and should be analyzed in a special committee of deputies to be installed next week.
The commitment was made by the president of Hugo Motta in a meeting of mayors and mayors, held last week, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The mayor of Rio Branco and president of MAC (Association of Municipalities of Acre), Tião Boçalom, did not attend the event
The municipalities that benefit from installments – type initiatives have already occurred in 2017 and 2021 – receive a lower value in the transfers of the Municipal Participation Fund (FPM).
Discounts are used to pay social security debt with the Union. Senator Carlos Portinho (PL-RJ) points out in his Senate report the impacts of this reduction in municipal accounts.
To circumvent the situation, the proposal creates limits to social security installments with the Union and Precatory – Payment Orders issued by the court against public entities, such as the municipalities, due to a judicial process. They come from various causes, such as indemnities for expropriations, late wages and pensions.
