To appease his allied base, Temer is expected to release R$ 7 billion to Congress.
To try and appease his allied base, two days before the end of the year, Michel Temer will announce the release of parliamentary amendments; Temer's interlocutors affirm that the total to be announced this Thursday, the 29th, will be R$ 7,29 billion; of this total, R$ 6,45 billion corresponds to mandatory amendments and outstanding payments since 2007, and another R$ 840 million to those from parliamentary groups; the amounts were finalized this Wednesday, the 28th, but may be subject to change; the amendments are considered fundamental in the relationship between the Planalto Palace and Congress and, historically, the government uses this payment to facilitate the approval of projects of its interest.
247 - To try and appease his allied base, two days before the end of the year, Michel Temer will announce the release of parliamentary amendments. Temer's interlocutors affirm that the total to be announced this Thursday, the 29th, will be R$ 7,29 billion. Of this total, R$ 6,45 billion corresponds to mandatory amendments and outstanding payments since 2007, and another R$ 840 million to those from parliamentary groups. The amounts were finalized this Wednesday, the 28th, but may be subject to change. The amendments are considered fundamental in the relationship between the Presidential Palace and Congress, and historically, the government uses this payment to facilitate the approval of projects of interest to it.
As information They are from the State of São Paulo.
"Although he recorded a record rate of support for the government in the Chamber of Deputies, with representatives following the Planalto's guidance in 88% of nominal votes, according to a survey by Estadão Dados, Temer suffered some setbacks in Congress in recent days. The president decided to accelerate the disbursement of funds at a time when he will need a united base for important votes, such as the pension reform."
The attempt to create a positive agenda comes after Temer vetoed the Chamber's decision to overturn the counterpart measures that states must fulfill for fiscal recovery, in the debt renegotiation project. On that occasion, the Planalto suffered a defeat in the plenary. Days earlier, the government had managed to approve in the Senate the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that limits public spending, but obtained eight fewer votes compared to the first vote. In public, however, the Planalto does not admit to problems with its allied base.
Since last year, a constitutional amendment has made the execution of most individual amendments mandatory, but there is a portion where the release is at the government's discretion. All amendments that will be paid must be included in the budget for the following year, which causes a pilgrimage of parliamentarians to the Presidential Palace and ministries in the last days of the year. The deadline for registration is always December 31st.