Despite the recurring alerts of the Congress that it will not accept any tax increase, the government has insisted on Provisional measure with the rise in a series of taxes. The response on Thursday (12) was almost immediate: leaders hardened the posture before the case and the mayor, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), intends to vote next Monday (16) the urgency of the project that overthrows the increase in IOF.
On social networks, Motta said the climate in the House is not favorable for tax increases.
In the evaluation of the centrão – guideline in Parliament – the partial retreat of the plateau is insufficient. O, but had the support of parties who have ministries in the Lula administration, such as União Brasil, PP and Republicans.
Motta has been pressured by colleagues to be less concessive with the Plateau. This Thursday, in a nod to the centron, he took the petista Carlos Zarattini (SP) from the rapporteur of the Budgetary Guidelines Law, a key position of the 2026 budget. He placed the PSB countryman Gervásio (PB) in place.
Already in a movement so as not to displease the PT, Zarattini will be the rapporteur of the provisional measure with the recalibration of the IOF and the compensation alternatives. It would be a way for the PT to try to maintain some control on the subject.
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“What is at stake in this MP? The issue of financial institutions does not affect the life of the population. Balances the payment of taxes from financial institutions. Corrects a distortion of exempt titles that is creating a problem for the country’s economy. This will not affect the sectors,” said Finance Minister Fernando Haddad.
Government leaders try to minimize the congressional reaction and negotiate a way out, without entering a direct confrontation with the other leaders. Lula’s allied base does not rule out dealing with tax benefits cuts. Still, it states that without the MP there will be new contingencies.
What causes discomfort in centrão and opposition is not only the merit of fiscal policy, but the way the government has been dealing with budget execution and the payment of amendments, especially on the eve of an election year.
“The MP is neither defeated nor approved. It is the dialogue that will make us enjoy and give consistency to what we need to give economic stabilization and growth in 2026,” said the government leader in the House, José Guimarães (PT-CE).
In an event in Minas Gerais, President Lula complained about the amount of tax exemptions granted by the government, while criticizing when spending on social programs.
“I government for all Brazilians, but I have preference and moral obligation, ethics and politics of enjoying, managing and taking care of the people who need it most, the poorest people, the worker, the middle class. I was not elected to make the benefit to rich.”
