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Given the difficulties of the government in relation to the financing of the Citizen Income, the congressmen have supported the extension for another three months of the decree of public calamity. The deadline ends on Thursday, December 31.
as extensionThe emergency aid of R $ 300 could also be extended, in addition to granting more time to the government for the creation of the Citizen Income or the expansion of the Bolsa Família.
Even with resistance from the government, the plan has been strengthened among congressmen. At the beginning of the pandemic, the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, defended aid in the amount of R $ 200, however, Congress approved five installments in the amount of R $ 600.
The extent of the public calamity had already been mentioned in the debate of the joint commission that analyzes the expenses with the fight against the coronavirus.
The leading PSD deputy in the Senate, Vanderlan Cardoso (GO), who is also a member of the allied base and the tax reform commission, affirmed his support for the extension. However, the senator points out that the idea is not foreseen by the government.
“I think it will continue for at least another two or three months, at least at the beginning of the year. This pandemic until the end of the year is not going to decrease like this, and the decree is the way to go, ”said the senator.
The project was archived
A new bill (PL) that proposes the extension of emergency aid and the extension of the state of public calamity until March 31, 2021. The idea is from Senator Alessandro Vieira (Cidadania-SE).
The project was presented this week. According to the senator, there are already conversations with other parliamentarians about the initiative, but there is not yet a forecast for its inclusion in the House agenda.
The emergency aid and the state of public calamity are expected to end together on December 31, 2020. The bill presented by Senator Vieira proposes that this deadline be extended until March 2021 due to the economic impacts caused by the pandemic. of the new coronavirus. Above all, still, that the pandemic continues and that vaccination will take an indefinite time to conclude.
“The fact is, due to the inertia of the federal government, we simply will not have a national vaccination program before March. It is necessary to build this bridge to maintain a minimum of social stability until then ”, said the senator.
The emergency aid, approved in March in Congress, was initially paid for 3 months in the amount of R $ 600 to the so-called vulnerable. Subsequently, the benefit was extended for another 2 months, with the same value. Finally, in September the benefit was extended in another 4 installments until December 2020.
The Federal Government arrived and stipulated the creation of a new permanent income program, with values higher than those paid by Bolsa Família, but so far the issue has not been incorporated.
What Bolsonaro says about the extension
President Jair Bolsonaro once again confirmed that the emergency help it will not spread. In addition, the chief executive confirmed that a new income distribution program will not be created and stated that the idea is to “slightly increase” the current Bolsa Família assistance program.
According to Bolsonaro, the aid paid to vulnerable people by the crisis caused by Covid-19 is of an urgent nature. According to him, Brazil has a debt capacity and cannot “lose its balance.”
“Whoever talks about Renda Brasil, I will give him a red card, there is no more talk,” Bolsonaro said in an interview with the host of the TV Band José Luiz Datena. Renda Brasil was the program planned by the Government to replace Bolsa Família.
“The aid is emergency, the name itself says it: it is emergency, we cannot continue to signal that it extends and extends and extends,” said the president, adding that “it ends now in December.”
When referring to the fact that now the focus will be on Bolsa Família, Bolsonaro confirmed what he has been saying to the economic team: “We will try to increase this a little.”
The president also argued that the country has to keep its accounts to avoid rising inflation, “the most damaging tax that exists for everyone,” he said.
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