The president () has encouraged ministers and allies to expose disagreements with the centron and opposition after (tax on financial operations).
According to petista assistants, the guidance is to argue that center and right parliamentarians – inclusive members of allied parties – resist the implementation of tax justice in Brazil.
In the words of a direct collaborator of the president, the government means it has a side and will not admit social programs cuts to maintain privileges.
Another member of the president’s team states that Lula is determined to wage this dispute. According to him, the petista adopted in the first two years of government an economic policy of inclusion within the limitations of the tax framework. Its limit would be measures that restrict the rights of the poor.
Also according to allies, the president has encouraged the Minister of Finance, (PT), to speak more and present arguments in favor of the incidence of taxes on the richest for the exemption of the poor.
The head of the economic team, defender for years of progressive taxes, began to put himself even more assertively on the subject.
“Who is Condoido [com o projeto de aumentar impostos para ricos]who advertises against are the 140 thousand [super-ricos]. I am quiet about this, because I am Minister of Finance to face the 140,000. I’m here to do tax justice “, Sheet published on Thursday (26).
In addition, the PT released last week a video payment video in which he talks about “BBB taxation: billionaires, banks and bets”: “The government will tax those who always paid little or almost nothing: the super rich.”
One minister states that even though there was no incentive from Lula, his assistants would reproduce this speech from listening to this assessment of the president himself.
Allies point to the IOF debate as a milestone for the hardening of the governing discourse, especially after the Congress summit puts the project that would overthrow the changes made by the executive without warning the Planalto last week.
The inclusion of the proposal on the voting agenda was announced by the mayor, without prior communication to the executive. The post was at the end of the night before the session that would decide on the matter, on Wednesday (25). According to allies, Lula stared at the attitude as an insult to him. Not just Haddad.
Allies of the president see the fingerprints of his opponents in Motta’s performance, in a clear anticipation of next year’s electoral dispute. There would be an attempt to weaken the government for Lula’s political group to arrive by 2026 with reduced chances of winning the election.
In this scenario, the only option would be to play the electorate now, aiming at next year’s presidential race – in this way, a second wing of governors still finds it possible to reorganize the relationship with Congress and fears the political consequences of this new open counterpoint strategy.
The president’s order is to go public to say that petista management wants to tax millionaires to support services, social programs and tax reduction for the poorest. The message to be conveyed is that the political forces that oppose this advocate privileges for few sectors of society.
Governors have detected a few weeks ago that the rate of taxation of the richest has adherence on social networks and. The deterioration of the political climate in recent days has made this bet a Lula instruction and a more structured political strategy.
Petista management was under pressure after. The executive needs to increase the collection to comply with tax rules without containing more expenses.
There was . Haddad negotiated a minor rise in this tax, combined with other proposals to increase the collection – as the end of the exemption of encouraged investments and tax increase for BETS, Fintechs and JCP (interest on equity).
Even so, Congress.
Having as Lula’s main ally in Congress, the President of, (Brazil-AP), placed the project in a home vote on the same day he was approved by the House, in a demonstration of rare agility in the legislature.
The riot crystallized in the government the reading that Haddad was betrayed after closing an agreement. In previous weeks, the Finance Minister had been criticized by the way he conducted discussions about taxes.
The realization was that the Plateau cannot count on the. Reserved, some more angry governors with the situation say that it will not be possible to approve anything else in the legislature or that the coalition prevents the implementation of a plan of humanist and developmental government, as the president would plan.
Although the idea is to make a public confrontation of ideas with the main political forces of Congress, there is a concern of the government’s summit not to cause a definitive political breakup. Therefore, some Lula allies should be out of the rhetorical clash to keep conditions to talk to Motta, Alcolumbre and other Legislature leaders.
The possibility of the narrative dispute further degrade the relationship between Executive and Legislature, especially concerns Congress and linked to the political articulation of the government.
Part of them is still haunted by the (PT) impeachment ghost, made in 2016 after the petista government loses conditions to negotiate with deputies and senators.
The ruling frustration is especially large with Motta. He earlier this year with PT support and Planalto OK.
Motta, however, was also supported by the centron and the Bolsonarist opposition. He has been pressured by deputies for not being able to unlock the payment of parliamentary amendments, imposed by the Supreme Court Minister).
Governors consider that Motta is excessive influenced by politicians such as former presidents of the House (-Al) and, in addition to the president of the PP, Senator (PI), and alcohumbre.
