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An extraordinary call for a legislative session in the National Congress has been gaining more and more details in the last week. It turns out that several senators are supporting the idea of extending the benefit in 2021 in order to mitigate the economic impacts caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In order to hold an extra-legislative session to address the issue, Senator Alessandro Vieira submitted a request for a new meeting to be held. The proposal is to debate the extension of the state of public calamity and emergency aid and the vaccination process in the country, at the moment the senator will collect signatures so that the request is presented to the Bureau.
In March of last year the state of public calamity of the country was decreed. However, the deadline ended on December 31, 2020, and its completion makes it difficult for the Federal Government to adopt emergency social assistance measures.
The parliamentary recess will continue until February 1, but the Constitution allows an extraordinary convocation, by a majority of the members of the two legislative chambers in case of urgency or relevant public interest.
Last Friday 08, Senator Zenaide Maia (Pros-RN) reported that she signed the request for the extraordinary meeting to be held. He said both vaccination and minimum income save lives.
“I am in favor of suspending the recess of Congress to vote on urgent projects, such as the extension of the state of public calamity and emergency aid. It was predictable that the impacts of the pandemic would still be felt this year, ”said the parliamentarian.
She is also the author of Bill (PL) 2,928 / 2020, which authorizes the federal government to extend emergency aid to avoid the economic crisis.
In addition, another senator, Rodrigo Cunha (PSDB-AL), understands that there is urgency and that Congress needs to take a position and discuss emergency issues related to the pandemic. He also confirmed that he signed the application.
“Another point to which Brazil must devote its attention is the necessary extension of measures that help our country’s companies,” he said.
In addition to him, Senator Plínio Valério (PSDB-AM) also affirmed that he signed the request for an extraordinary session. For him, the number of deaths per day is “appalling” and there is already the risk of a third wave in August, if there is no general vaccination. Regarding emergency aid, he warned about the need to discuss terms and sources of financing.
What the Government says about the extension of emergency aid
The Secretary for Economic Policy, Adolfo Sachsida, declared that the extension of emergency aid in 2021 it could worsen the situation of the poorest. The statement was given in an interview with CNN.
“If the government continued to spend on emergency aid, the public debt would increase a lot at the end of the day. Interest rates were going to have to rise and the situation of the poorest was getting worse instead of better, ”defended Sachsida. “We have to pay attention to the fiscal aspect. Guarantee the fiscal aspect, the profitability of private investment and the profitability of employment ”.
At the end of 2020, President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed that emergency aid would come to an end and that the Renda Brasil program of income distribution would not be created.
According to Sachsida, fiscal consolidation is to defend the poorest population “suffering from inflation and unemployment.”
“Many people criticize the economic team, but the emergency aid could not continue. It was going to put us in a very difficult tax situation. “
Aid continues in 2021, but only for withdrawals
OR federal government It’s in Caixa Econômica Federal (CEF) close the deposits of emergency help, in the value of R $ 300. The new calendar confirms that withdrawals will continue to be published in 2021. Withdrawals can take place until January.
According to the official calendar, payments through deposits continued until December 29. After a few weeks, the citizen will be able to carry out the withdraw or transfer money before January 27, 2021.
Initially, it was expected that the emergency aid would be paid in five installments of R $ 600. However, in September the benefit was extended in four installments over R $ 300, until December.
