With a fragile base, Lula says negotiations with MPs will happen with every vote

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said yesterday that negotiating a foothold for the government in the legislature will have to be built on the retail side, with every vote in Congress. In this beginning of government, Palazzo Planalto encountered difficulties in establishing a government front between parliamentarians and the main party benches. In recent days, after the setbacks in the plenary in the Chamber, the government has accelerated the release of resources for deputies and senators.

Institutional Relations Secretariat Minister Alexandre Padilha said yesterday that the government had already released R$4 billion to MPs in amendments negotiated by former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) which were “suspended”. The minister sought to charge the previous management with what he termed “insolvency” in states and municipalities for non-payment of the scheduled amount.

The resources constitute the package of outstanding balances owed by the secret budget, a mechanism declared unconstitutional by the Federal Supreme Court (STF).

As shown the Stadium, the Lula government has not put in place procedures to guarantee transparency in the distribution of amendments. The total value is expected to reach R$9 billion. The funds will be released by the Ministries of Cities and National Integration and will be disbursed on the basis of the results of the votes and the “loyalty” of MPs.

In addition to being pressured by the release of the balance left by Bolsonaro, Planalto ordered the payment of R$10 billion in amendments to the 2023 Budget.

TEST

Participating in the launch of a full-time schools program in Fortaleza (CE), Lula said that it is the government that needs Congress, defended the negotiation with the Legislature and suggested that it will test its support base to “every vote”. .

“They (MPs) will be tested in every vote, in every vote you have to talk to all the deputies, no deputy is obliged to vote for what the government wants, how the government wants it,” the president said.

Again according to Lula, deputies can “think differently” from the government. (The deputy) You can make an amendment, you want to change an article, and we must understand that this is part of the democratic game. I don’t have to ask him which party he is (MP), I have to try to ask him to vote for us”.

The decision to release funds from the secret budget that had been withheld is an attempt by Lula to calm Congress and gain some comfort in voting, after the first defeats suffered with the postponement of the Fake News Bill and the overthrow of the decrees altered the legal framework of sanitation.

The Speaker of the Chamber, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), had personally instructed Lula to pay the “suspended” funds. The remaining BRL 9 billion of the secret budget can be paid off gradually. During the election campaign, Lula went so far as to say that the mechanism was “the consequence of Brazilian policy” and the “largest corruption scheme in history”.

‘AUTHORIZED’

Padilha said the payment of the amendments prioritizes work in progress, actions that reduce queues for surgeries and examinations in the Unified Health System (SUS), as well as projects in the education sector. “These are resources that were authorized by the Federal Supreme Court at the end of last year and that the previous government was in default of. They were commitments that the government was in default of, crippling works,” the minister said.

Regarding transparency in the distribution of resources, Padilha said that “difference is like water for wine”. “You can tell exactly who the asset was released to, with transparency.” However, the minister did not provide details on how this change would take place. He only said that the ministries have evaluated the priority projects for the government, focusing on the sectors of health, infrastructure and education.

Padilha’s performance in dialogue with parliamentarians was heavily attacked, and the president decided to take over the reins of political coordination. The payment of the amendments occurred in the wake of this movement. Along the same lines, the day before yesterday the government appointed former Bolsonarista deputy Heitor Freire to a position on Sudene’s board of directors. Appointed by the União Brasil, the governing party, but not very loyal in the polls, he said he was “sorry” for having sided with the former president.

INDIVIDUALS

The government has also begun to release resources for individual amendments foreseen in the 2023 Budget. According to Padilha, R$1.6 billion has been committed since April 26, when ministries were allowed to distribute the amounts requested by MPs. She denied, however, that the release of the amendments was rushed to facilitate negotiations with Congress.

“The president has a commitment to dialogue and respect with Congress, that the indications made by parliamentarians for priority projects – education, health, social assistance, jobs – will have all the support of President Lula and we will continue to honor these investments”, he said. .

Padilha participated in the solemn act “Heroes of Health”, at the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo. According to him, the wallet’s entourage will talk to MPs from all parties to proceed with the vote on the new fiscal framework next week.

The information comes from the newspaper The State of Sao Paulo.

Source: Terra

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