The federal government announced on Thursday (23) a containment of R $ 31.3 billion in the budget of 2025, in another measure to try to meet the fiscal goal. Of the total, as informed by the Ministry of Planning and Budget.
The expectation is that a significant slice of containment falls on parliamentary amendments, whose values for 2025 are around R $ 50 billion. According to the Deputy Secretary of Budget, Clayton Montes, the cut will be proportional to the appropriations and can reach about R $ 7.8 billion in amendments.
This movement tends to generate tensions at the allied base and to press the relationship between Planalto Palace and Congress, at a time when the government needs support to approve essential measures, such as income tax exemption for those who earn up to $ 5,000 per month.
The reduction in amendment volume – the main negotiating tool with parliamentarians – can make it difficult to articulate political articulation and require greater coordination effort from the ruling base to avoid obstacles to the economic agenda.
Detailing which ministries and programs will be impacted will be published on May 30, through a budget and financial programming decree. After that, the organs will have up to five business days to indicate the expenses that will suffer cuts.
The blockade is related to a revision in compulsory expense projections subject to the new tax framework – such as social security benefits, court judgments and subsidies. The contingency aims to adapt the budget to the target of primary result, which provides for a deficit of up to R $ 31 billion in 2025.
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Despite the cuts, the government stressed that mandatory expenses will be preserved and that there will be an additional credit of R $ 12.4 billion for these areas, as provided for in Complementary Law No. 200/2023.
