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Senator Alessandro Vieira (Cidadania-SE) did not renounce the emergency aid proposal in 2021. It turns out that a new bill (PL), which proposes the benefit extension in January, February and March 2021, was archived.
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 officially ended on December 31, 2020. The bill presented by Senator Vieira proposes that this term be extended until March 2021 due to the economic impacts caused by the new coronavirus pandemic. 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 the 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 4 more 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 it has not been possible to incorporate the issue.
What the Government says about the extension of emergency aid until March 31, 2021
President Jair bolsonaro reaffirmed that the emergency help it will not spread. The CEO confirmed that a new income distribution program will not be created and stated that the idea is to “slightly increase the current assistance program” Family scholarship.
According to Bolsonaro, the aid paid to vulnerable people due to the crisis caused by Covid-19 is of an emergency nature and Brazil has the capacity to borrow and cannot be “unbalanced”.
“Whoever talks about Renda Brasil, I’ll give him a red card, no more talk”Bolsonaro said in an interview with the presenter 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 make signals to extend and extend and extend,” said the president.
When referring that now the focus will be the Bolsa Família, Bolsonaro confirmed what he has been saying to the economic team: “We will try to increase that a little.”
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