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It is not yet known whether it was a case or simply a thoughtless gesture by the President of the Republic. But, Jair Bolsonaro definitely lit the fuse of the war in Congress by declaring that the 13th of Bolsa Família this year would not be paid because of the mayor, Rodrigo Maia (DEM),
In reaction, Maia put a vote on Provisional Measure 1000, which extends the duration of emergency livelihood aid to the pandemic, on the agenda. At the request of the economic team and the ruling base in Congress, the mayor was delaying the vote, until some allocation was approved for payment in the 2021 Budget, which has not yet been voted by Congress.
These and other projects had been paralyzing the agenda amid disputes between the center, the opposition, and the self-styled democratic center, commanded by Rodrigo Maia, by the command of the Budget Commission and by the succession in the presidencies of the Chamber and Senate.
Elections for the new mayors and senators will be held on February 1. The candidates are already demanding votes. But the climate of war had not yet been established. The deputy vote lit the fuse.
According to the economic team, if approved, the MP generates an immediate drain in the coffers of the Union of about R $ 8 billion. The leader of the PT in the Chamber, Enio Verri (PR), has already distributed a note celebrating the agenda. One of the candidates for mayor, Marcelo Ramos (PL-AM), protested: “this is a fiscal bomb.”
Once the vote is scheduled, it will serve as a preview of the mayoral election. It will serve to show if the centão can guarantee the votes to the government and if Maia’s allies, together with the opposition, are capable of defeating the government candidate for the House, the leader of the PP, Arthur Lira (AL).
Furthermore, the vote could open a rift in the government. The Minister of Regional Development, Rogério Marinho, defends behind the scenes the extension of the aid, under vehement protests from Paulo Guedes, who comes to ask for his head.
Anyway, it is confusion for something other than subway. With the potential to become the main topic of the country’s politics this new year.
