This week, the National Congress returns to debate the text that imposes a payment schedule for parliamentary amendments for 2026. The initiative is the target of dissatisfaction from the government, which is trying to avoid blocking the Executive’s accounts. After postponing the session last week, the Mixed Budget Committee (CMO) resumes its analysis of the matter on Tuesday, in a vote on the opinion on the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO).
If approved by the committee, the text still needs to pass both Houses of Congress.
Last week, the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), gave in to the government’s appeals and made a request to the president of the CMO, Efraim Filho (União-PB), to postpone the vote.
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The government claimed the need for time to evaluate possible adjustments and cited revenue frustration with the fall of the provisional alternative measure to the increase in the Tax on Financial Operations (IOF).
The announcement of the postponement of the session was accompanied by criticism of the fiscal conduct of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva government.
“Minister (of Finance) Fernando Haddad deals with a collection agenda every day, but seems to have relegated spending cuts to the background. Fiscal balance is also achieved on the expenditure side, and the government needs to understand this”, stated Efraim.
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According to the senator, the loss of revenue cannot be used as a justification for new rate increases. He said that Congress wanted to give “a clear message that it can no longer tolerate the tax increase agenda” and demanded from the Executive more efficiency and rationality in public spending.
According to the president of the CMO, the plan is, after approval by the commission, to continue the consideration of the matter in the Congress plenary on Thursday.
“Senator Davi sent me a cordial request that we postpone the vote on the LDO report. He maintains, however, the prospect of voting on the text in Thursday’s session, which will have only two agendas: the veto of environmental licensing and the LDO.”
