Chairman of the Joint Budget Commission says he sees “strangely” government statements about delay; Haddad says he will trigger TCU
The President of the CMO (Joint Budget Commission), Deputy (PP-PI), responsible for analyzing the LOA (Annual Budget Law) in Congress, said on Friday (21.FEV.2025) that,, “If there was disinterest” to vote the 2025 budget in 2024, broke “do Planalto Palace itself ”.
The congressman made the statement a few hours after Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, (Federal Court of Auditors) Due to the delay in voting, which, by the rules of Congress, should have been held in 2024.
In a press release, Arcoverde said that the alleged “Disinterest” of the Executive to vote the proposal also occurred by the “Legal confusion provoked” by the Supreme Court (STF).
Throughout 2024, the three powers crashed into the execution of the amendments. The Supreme Court says that transparency and traceability rules are lacking to identify who indicates them and how resources are used at the end.
The court suspended the release of the funds countless times. Congressmen see the position of the Supreme Court as an improper interference with the legislature.
Arcoverde declared that “See with strangeness to the statements of members of the first echelon of the government by attributing to the CMO” the delay.
“On the contrary, the collegiate has always shown interest in discussing and voting for LOA of 2025. Even several deliberative sessions have been suspended for months to ensure the quorum necessary to start the voting of the budget piece.”declared the deputy.
O Poder360 It found that the president of the CMO would be dissatisfied with the Minister of Institutional Relations, Alexandre Padilha, responsible for the political articulation of the government in Congress.
Delayed budget
This Friday, Haddad said he understood that Congress “has made your contribution”For the tax issue, but the budget needs to be approved.
“We are already in late February, in a little carnival. I mean, where does this go? We understand that Congress has made its contribution. Last year, [os congressistas] They approved many laws that helped balance public accounts without which it would be difficult to close the budget. So it is important to say that Congress did an important part of the work last year by adjusting some expenses that were coming out of control precisely to have a balanced budget”He said.
Without the budget law voted and sanctioned by the President of the Republic until December 31, the Executive Power is authorized to make only expenses considered essential or mandatory.
In 2024, Congress approved 3 proposals from the government’s spending packet. The expectation was to vote on the budget soon after, but, on the eve of the legislative recess, the text was postponed to 2025. The forecast is to be analyzed shortly after the carnival.
