Representative Arthur Lira (PP-AL), who reported in the Chamber the bill (PL) that exempts those earning up to R$5,000 per month from Income Tax (IR), classified the criticism directed at him this Tuesday (21) by the senator (MDB-AL), rapporteur of the text in the Senate, as “politics and opportunism”.
“It is regrettable that, out of pure politicking and opportunism, supposed facts are disclosed without due justification and transparency, with the sole objective of confusing public opinion and disrupting the processing of an issue of such relevance to the Brazilian population”, says Lira in a note sent to the Broadcast by its press office.
Earlier, during a public hearing at the Economic Affairs Committee (CAE), Renan said that the Senate would make amendments to the PL, given what he classified as “unconstitutionalities” approved by the Chamber. He stated that the text would not return to the Chamber, as it had become an “instrument of blackmail” in the hands of Lira, and indicated that the project would no longer be fiscally neutral after the changes made.
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In the note, the former president of states that fiscal neutrality was the “absolute principle” that guided the PL’s processing. “The preparation of the approved text was the result of an intense and productive dialogue with the technical team of the Ministry of Finance, providing a bill that combines fiscal justice, technical rigor and fiscal responsibility”, says Lira.
“The modifications incorporated into the project, constructed in conjunction with the Executive Branch, were specific and of an eminently technical or editorial nature, in order to guarantee greater clarity and legal security, fully preserving the core of the original proposal”, continues the parliamentarian’s note.
The deputy says he has a “firm commitment” to guarantee the promulgation of the law by December 31st, so that it comes into force next year. “Faced with this unpostponable deadline, the creation of unfounded noise or mishaps in the legislative process is a risk that we cannot take”, says the parliamentarian, who calls for a “serene and technical analysis” of the matter by the Senate.
