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The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, said today that “freezing wages does not generate any savings.”
“At the time of the drop in income, the freezing of wages does not generate any savings. We are going to have a profound drop in the income of the Union, the state and the municipalities. I do not see savings when I say that you are saving by freezing the wages, “he said in an interview with GloboNews.
“The Chamber has been working responsibly, but I hope we can maintain the veto. It will not generate savings, but it will generate for society that there will be no responsibility for increases for states and municipalities,” he added.
Earlier today, President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) announced the possibility of vetoing the readjustment of the salaries of some categories of public servants until the end of 2021. According to the president, if the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, requests the veto, he will will do.
The veto may come after MPs oppose the government’s economic team’s will to abolish adjustments to public servants by 2021. The government’s justification is that spending increases need to be limited amid the coronavirus pandemic . The impediment to the adjustment would be a counterpart of the R $ 125 billion aid from the Union to the states and municipalities.
However, the forecast to grant adjustment to some categories of officials remained in the proposal approved yesterday in the Senate, after passing through the House, and which now follows the presidential sanction.
According to the text that reaches Bolsonaro’s table, they will be excluded from the freezing of wages for health, public cleaning and social assistance workers, members of the Armed Forces, federal police, federal highway workers, civilians, military, military firefighters , criminal police officers, police officers, legislative experts, technicians and criminals, socio-educational agents, as well as teachers and professionals in public education, for example.
The decree is a “wrong decision”
In the same interview with GloboNews, Maia also spoke about the decree signed today by Bolsonaro, which placed civil construction and industry as essential activities.
“Without wanting to argue, to make such a decision, you should take the side of the Minister of Health. So when the decision is made with businessmen, it seems like an incorrect signal to society,” he said.
“I have studies that clearly show the positive aspects of isolation. These are studies by Brazilian economists from the University of Chicago. It is not just a matter of Brazil. It cannot, by pressure, put life at risk. The Chamber (of Deputies) was the first to accuse Paulo Guedes of government actions on March 10. Unfortunately, what we saw today was a decision pressured by the productive sector, which must be careful, “Maia said.
For the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Bolsonaro’s speech “generates insecurity”. “If he (Bolsonaro) was on the side of the Minister of Health … but this creates more insecurity and is reflected in other settings,” he said.
