Dilma asks Cunha to postpone vote on changes to the FGTS (Severance Indemnity Fund).
President Dilma Rousseff asked the Speaker of the House, federal deputy Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), to postpone the vote on the bill that changes the correction indices of the Severance Indemnity Fund (FGTS); the matter was reportedly discussed at a meeting at the Alvorada Palace on Monday night (6), which also included the participation of the vice-president, Michel Temer.
247 - President Dilma Rousseff asked the Speaker of the House, federal deputy Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), to postpone the vote on the bill that changes the correction indices of the Severance Indemnity Fund (FGTS). The matter was reportedly discussed at a meeting at the Alvorada Palace on Monday night (6), which also included the participation of the vice-president, Michel Temer.
According to the newspaper Folha de São Paulo, Cunha reportedly agreed to postpone the vote on the bill which, in the government's assessment, could result in an increase in the public deficit, jeopardizing the goals set for fiscal adjustment.
Cunha had already indicated that he believed there was little chance the bill would be voted on this Tuesday due to the voting agenda, which is headed by the PEC (Proposed Constitutional Amendment) on political reform. The congressman filed the bill in May of this year, which would double the adjustment of FGTS (Brazilian severance pay fund) balances deposited from 2016 onwards.