Allies of the Minister of Finance, , claim that he should travel around Brazil to publicize the approval of the project that provides exemption from IR () and defend the government’s tax justice agenda.
of the president (), the project is considered one of the Planalto Palace’s main bets to boost the PT’s popularity before the 2026 elections.
and awaits presidential sanction. In addition to the exemption, the proposal provides for a progressive discount on IR for taxpayers who receive between R$5,000 and R$7,350 monthly.
According to the minister’s interlocutors, the idea is that Haddad can tour the country on government agendas to praise the bill and highlight other Executive proposals that deal with tax justice, boosting their approval in Congress.
In the assessment of an ally, the approval of the project brings this agenda back to the focus of the federal government’s public debate, at a time in Rio de Janeiro.
In a video published on social media after approval of the rule, Haddad spoke of an “avenue that will open up” for other projects on this agenda, reinforced the importance of the measure and said that “everyone will benefit from this project”.
“It’s a wheel that turns virtuously, that everyone benefits from, even those on the top floor, who will pay a little more. Everyone will benefit from this project because we will gain a better, fairer society, which is one that better distributes opportunities”, he stated.
An ally of Haddad says that it is natural for these trips to take place now, after the project has been sanctioned, and recalls that there was already an instruction from the President of the Republic for ministers to increase their presence in the states to showcase the Executive’s achievements and engage in political competition in the country.
This government leader claims to see the approval of the IR exemption associated with these trips as a possibility for the minister to positively improve his image, as well as that of the government itself. Haddad is one of Lula’s closest allies and considered a possible political successor to him.
Since the beginning of the government, —even . Members of the Executive said that proposals presented by the Treasury, considered unpopular, affected the image of the federal government as a whole and accused the ministry of being responsible for affecting the popularity of the PT administration. The minister even received the nickname “Taxad” from the opposition for measures that increased taxes.
Government officials classify the IR exemption for those earning up to R$5,000 as one of the main achievements of the Lula 3 administration and defend taking advantage of the presidential sanction to give greater prominence and visibility to the proposal, as millions of Brazilians will benefit from it.
There is an expectation of holding a ceremony to sanction the proposal at Palácio do Planalto with the participation of politicians, parliamentarians and representatives of civil society starting next week, after Lula returns from the UN (climate change conference), which takes place in Belém. The PT member himself indicated this possibility in a video published on social media this Thursday (6), alongside the president of the Senate, (União Brasil-AP).
“I am congratulating President Alcolumbre for the speed with which the Senate voted on the issue of Income Tax for those earning up to R$5,000. It was an extraordinary thing and it is already on my desk to be sanctioned. I will sanction it when I return, from the 11th, with his presence [Alcolumbre] because the people will be proud to have been exempt from paying income tax”, said Lula.
On another front, the Presidency’s Secom (Secretariat of Social Communication) and the PT itself should highlight this sanction in pieces on television and social media, in addition to party insertions.
In recent months, members of the government and even the president himself. The assessment of the PT’s allies is that the defense of this agenda, removing the government from the ropes in the political debate on the networks and finding support in society.
