Bolsonaro says it is ‘forbidden’ to speak of Renda Brasil and says that Bolsa Família will continue | Politics

Renda Brasil came to be discussed in the government as a social assistance program to replace Bolsa Família. The intention was to take advantage of the experience of emergency assistance, which ends at the end of the year, and create a program that increases the value of the Bolsa Família benefit.

However, Bolsonaro and the economic team could not agree on the cuts in public spending that should be made to finance the new program, which had suspended the creation of Renda Brasil.

In an interview with G1 On Sunday (13), the special secretary of Finance of the Ministry of Economy, Waldery Rodrigues, said that the economic team came to study the freezing of benefits such as pensions and pensions. Another disputed measure was the reduction of unemployment insurance.

Commenting on the issue on Tuesday, Bolsonaro said that considering such actions is a “dream.”

“And the last, to close: until 2022, in my government, it is forbidden to pronounce the word Renda Brasil. We will continue with Bolsa Família, period,” Bolsonaro said in a video posted on his Facebook profile.

“Freezing pensions, cutting aid for the elderly and the poor with disabilities, a dream of someone disconnected from reality,” added the president.

Bolsonaro also said that he will give a “red card” to anyone who, within the government, presents him with proposals to freeze pensions or reduce benefits.

“To whoever comes to propose a measure like this, I can only give that person a red card. They are people who do not have the least heart, the least understanding. [sobre] how retirees live in Brazil, “said Bolsonaro.

Secretary interview

In the interview with G1Waldery said that one of the alternatives to make Renda Brasil viable was to disconnect retirements and pensions from the minimum wage and freeze benefits for two years.

The idea would avoid, for example, the automatic correction of the retirement and pension floor, which today cannot be less than the minimum wage. The economic area also supports that the higher profits are frozen in the period.

“The deindexation that we directly support is that of social security benefits for those who earn a minimum wage and above a minimum wage, without a simple and direct rule. [de correção]. The benefit today is R $ 1,300, next year, instead of being corrected by the INPC, it would remain at R $ 1,300. There would be no downsizing, there would be maintenance, “Waldery said at the time.