The President (PT) decided to veto the, approved at the end of June by Congress, according to the petista’s allies. The deadline for sanction ends on Wednesday (16).
the petista had expressed allies the intention to veto the proposal, despite the considerations of the government’s political wing. The theme was discussed at the president’s meetings on Wednesday.
According to allies, the president was conceptually against the increase. And defended, in conversations, the redistribution of the chairs of the House according to the population change of states.
Moreover, he could be accused of omission by not manifesting himself on the measure. In favor of the veto, the president’s interlocutors also remember that the government has been charged by the deputies themselves to adopt a fiscal austerity policy.
Assistants of the president feared that this omission would interrupt a trajectory of the president’s popularity recovery as the result of a campaign based on.
Members of the Government’s political wing tried to convince the petista not to veto or sanction the proposal, leaving the president of Congress, (-AP), to promulgate the project-the so-called tacit sanction.
In the assessment of these Allies of the President, Lula’s decision may cause further wear with the Legislature, at a time of tension between the two powers because of the IOF (Financial Operations Tax) crisis, especially with the mayor, (-PB), which was one of the creators this bill.
With the veto, Lula also complied with the recommendation of the Ministry of Finance. Fernando Haddad’s folder had recommended the presidential veto for non -compliance with budgetary predictability and to injure the Fiscal Responsibility Law.
The complementary bill increases the number of deputies from 513 to 531, with an annual impact estimated by deputies of about R $ 65 million only with the costs of creating new vacancies, including wages, benefits and structure for new congressmen.
A chamber leader says, under reserve, that Lula’s veto has the potential to generate new legislature friction with the federal government. In addition to being sewn by Motta, the proposal was supported by leaders who have an internally strength in the house, including former president of House Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
The two, in addition to other leaders, personally endeavored by calling deputies to ask for support to the bill when he was voted in the House. Both Paraíba and Alagoas, states of Motta and Lira, respectively, would have their benches reduced if the project had not been approved.
A governor says that the president’s veto is coherent, as Lula is conceptually against the proposal and is a prerogative of the executive veto proposals – as it is the legislature to analyze this veto.
He also says that the measure is unpopular and born from Congress, so there would be no reason for the president to sanction the proposal, at the risk of criticism of public opinion, especially at a time when there is an effort to reverse the fall of popularity of petista management.
With Lula’s decision, parliamentarians have until October 1 to consider the presidential veto at a congress session. Decision of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) states that if the Congress does not comply with a determination to issue law on this matter, it will be up to the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) to set the number of federal deputies from each state and the Federal District to the legislature that will start by 2027 – and, consequently, the number of state and district deputies.
Leaders heard by the report state, under reserve, that it will be a difficult task to overthrow the presidential veto, especially in. This is because the matter is considered unpopular and there was difficulty to get the necessary vows of senators to the proposal.
