Lisbon-During participation in the XIII Lisbon Forum, Federal Deputy Pedro Paulo (PSD-RJ), coordinator of the administrative reform working group in the House, said that the proposal report, expected to be presented on July 14, may include fiscal adjustment measures-if there is a political decision of the Congress summit in this regard.
“You can’t set a goal how to reduce two percentage points of GDP in primary expense with administrative reform. But if President Hugo Motta says, ‘We’re unable to resolve the issue of expense, four, five measures,’ I have color and sauté. Infomoneyin Lisbon.
Despite stressing that the purpose of the reform is to modernize the structure of the public service and not to immediately balance the public accounts, Pedro Paulo argued that there is room for Congress to advance in a broader agenda of tax consolidation. According to him, his “revenue” to face the lack of public expenses includes three measures: to detach social spending from the minimum wage, set limits on the growth of health and education expenses within the tax framework, and review tax exemptions linearly – including benefits today given to sectors such as simple and the Manaus Free Zone.
“Outside it, it’s cosmetic. It is treating a patient in the ICU with analgesic,” said the deputy. He also reinforced the executive’s need for political leadership: “In my opinion, it’s a slap in the face of the citizen to say that there is nothing to cut, while there are public offices without doctors and others where no one works.”
Pedro Paulo also commented on the tension between the Executive and Congress after the judicialization of the IOF case. For him, the government’s decision to appeal to the Supreme Court was wrong. “You may not like the decision of Congress, but it is legitimate. When a disagreement between institutions is judged, it is because dialogue is lacking,” he said.
He believes, however, that the climate should be softened in the coming days, including the possibility of a negotiated exit conducted by the Supreme, as has been discussed behind the scenes of the Lisbon Forum itself. “It can be a good time to solve this and other problems,” he concluded.
