The government should ask for a review, that is, more time to analyze the PEC that provides for financial autonomy. The project was scheduled for the next session of the Senate Constitution and Justice Committee, scheduled for Wednesday (20).
The text was ready to go to the vote more than two weeks ago, but, because of the semi-in-person sessions scheduled by the president of , (União-AP), the president of the commission, senator (PSD-BA), preferred to postpone the analysis of the matter.
The matter is considered and, even without an agreement with the allied base, Alencar guided the project. In his opinion, it is the right time to appreciate the topic.
The autonomy of the Central Bank, and the new PEC gives the body even more freedom. The idea is for there to be full budgetary, technical, administrative and financial autonomy, without any interference from the government.
The matter resurfaced amid B’s fraud. According to PF investigations (), the owner of the bank, , had bribed the institution’s employees.
Despite the pressure, at the end of 2025, the Central Bank For supporters of the proposal, this was only possible because of the autonomy of the body.
The text also shields the payment method, including the payment method in the Constitution and guaranteeing free payment for individuals.
It was with this argument that Central Bank employees visited senators’ offices in recent weeks to try to convince the government to vote in favor of the PEC. Despite the Lula government’s dissatisfaction, the expectation is to secure support from other parties so that the text can go to the plenary in June.
Because of the , the category admits, behind the scenes, that it is unlikely to achieve the bank’s long-awaited autonomy this year. The proposal still needs to be approved in the Chamber of Deputies.
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