In an attempt to contain the dissatisfaction of parliamentarians, the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Siva accelerated the release of amendments and committed R $ 776 million until this Sunday, according to data from the Federal Government’s Integrated Planning and Budget System (SIOP).
The Planalto Palace began to intensify the pace of commitment of parliamentary amendments last Monday, the day that marked an expressive defeat of the Executive in the House, with the urgent vote of the project that overthrows the tax on financial operations (IOF). In the day, the committed value was $ 152 million. There were more than $ 620 million committed in less than a week.
The advance occurs at a time of increasing pressures of the Legislature over the Plateau. Parliamentarians have been pressuring the government for greater speed in transfers, especially in view of the contingency of discretionary expenses. The authorized amount of disbursement for amendments this year is R $ 53.9 billion.
Delays in budget approval and changes in the rules of transfer, determined by the Supreme Court (STF) Minister Flávio Dino, also contributed to the delay in releases.
Warren Investimentos Survey shows that commitments grew from $ 24.9 million to May to $ 151.2 million in the early days of June alone – a leap from six times. These amendments are imposing, that is, the government is legally obliged to pay them.
In addition, the executive has authorized the payment of amendments from previous years. Until June 13, R $ 6.3 billion had already been paid, with emphasis on individual amendments (R $ 3.1 billion), state bench (R $ 1.8 billion), commission (R $ 1.1 billion) and rapporteur (R $ 294.8 million).
