One day after the significant defeat in the House, with the vote of, the Lula government faced a new sequence of setbacks in the National Congress on Tuesday.
During the joint session of deputies and senators for the analysis of presidential vetoes, parliamentarians overthrew measures of direct interest from the executive in areas such as energy, social policy and taxation. At the end of the session, Senate President David Alcolumbre (Union-AP) read the CPI CPI request, paving the way for the installation of the commission.
Unlike the day before, members of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations and Government Leaders circulated through the Plenary throughout the session more actively. Among them was André Ceciliano, advisor to the Minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann, as well as the Government leader in Congress, Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP), who sewed part of the veto agreements.
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In addition to the last -minute movements, allied deputies report that he has circulated in Congress corridors the promise that the government will accelerate the release of amendments by the end of this month – an effort to alleviate the base pressure. The commitment, according to behind -the -scenes reports, is to release $ 2 billion in parliamentary amendments in the coming days. This movement is part of a broader attempt of political recomposition amid the dissatisfaction of party leaders with the pace of budget execution.
The current crisis is the result of a sequence of clashes that have been accumulating since the beginning of the year. In addition to complaints for lack of dialogue, deputies and senators have charged the payment of funds promised in previous votes. Dissatisfaction has gained strength in recent months with the delay in release amendments and the advancement of government measures considered unpopular in Congress.
Among the main results of Tuesday’s session are:
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- The overthrow of the veto to the lifetime pension for children victims of congenital Zika virus syndrome;
- The rejection of tax reform provisions that provided for;
- The fall of vetoes related to the electricity sector, which can generate, with the compulsory hiring of certain plants;
- The overthrow of excerpts that made it difficult for those with four specific diseases;
- A victory of the ruralist bench with the overthrow of veto that dismissed the need for registration for the production of bioinsums.
- The postponement of the vote of a veto that could limit the contingency of parliamentary amendments was seen by members of the base as a momentary relief.
In the case of the INSS CPI, the reading was expected to be postponed, but alcohubre ended up making the announcement in the final minutes of the session. The expectation now is that the effective beginning of the committee’s work will only occur after the release of the government promised.
Centrão leaders evaluate that the results of the last two sessions reinforced the bloc’s political weight and exposed the fragility of the government. According to a reserved heard leader, the Executive will have to “embrace Congress’ guidelines” going forward, prioritizing projects of interest to parliamentarians and avoiding proposals that imply increased taxes.
The tension environment is fueled by the proximity of the 2026 general elections and the perspective of a fierce new dispute between left and right. President Lula’s popularity has aggravated the climate of distrust and difficult negotiations.
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On Monday, the fragility of the government base was evident with the approval, by large majority, of the urgency to the project that overthrow the government’s decree over the IOF. As showed by Globo, parties with ministries on the Esplanada were responsible for 65% of the favorable votes to the measure, in a vote that explained the division at the base and the wear of the relationship between Planalto and the House.
The score was read by home leaders as a direct message to President Lula and Finance Minister Fernando Haddad. The government, which had already released the bench before the vote, could not contain the suprapartisan articulation that guaranteed the urgent victory. The difficulties faced in the last 48 hours increase the pressure for a more effective response from the Planalto Palace to try to contain the crisis with the legislature.
