Rapporteur says that Bolsonaro authorized the inclusion of a new social program in the Budget | Politics

Bittar had a meeting with the president at the Planalto Palace and spoke to the press after the meeting.

On Tuesday (15), Bolsonaro said that he was prohibited from speaking about Renda Brasil within the government until the end of his term in 2022. Renda Brasil was the program that the government intended to create to replace Bolsa Família.

The president said he was resigning from the program after the economic team began advocating for cuts to other benefits to fund Renda Brasil.

TO G1On Sunday (13), the special secretary of Finance of the Ministry of Economy, Waldery Rodrigues, said that alternatives such as the freezing of pensions and the reduction of the Continuous Benefit Benefit (BPC) were being studied.

Bolsonaro said the measures were “daydreams” and that he would not allow withdrawing from “the poor to give to the poor.” He also said that he would show a “red card” to anyone who submitted this proposal.

Now, the Budget Rapporteur is once again proposing the creation of a new social program to serve the low-income population after the end of the payment of emergency aid in December, as was the idea of ​​Renda Brasil.

“I had breakfast with the President of the Republic. Before lunch we talked a little more, and I went to ask the President if he would authorize me to put into the budget the creation of a social program that can serve millions of Brazilians who were identified.” throughout the pandemic and that they were out of any social program. The president authorized me, ”Bittar said.

HE G1 He asked the Secretary of Communication of the Planalto Palace about the senator’s statement and waited for a response until the last update of this report.

The budget proposal details all the federal government’s income and expenses for the year and must be approved by Congress.

According to Bittar, this is not the time to “speculate” on where the spending cuts will be made to make the new program feasible. He said he will present the report next week, already with the planned expenses to help the poorest.

“Now it is useless to speculate about what it is going to take, where it is going to cut, but I am authorized by the president, he gave me the green light. And, from now on, I will speak with government leaders in the Senate and in the Chamber , with the economic team. But next week the idea is to present a report that has the PEC and the creation of this program, “said the senator.