Aloysio questions the government's credibility in proposing agreements.

The Senate Agency - Senator Aloysio Nunes Ferreira (PSDB-SP) stated in the Plenary this Tuesday (25) that the federal government lacks credibility to propose agreements to improve the quality of life in the country, since, in his assessment, no concrete measures have been presented for this purpose in recent years.

The congressman considered the pacts proposed by President Dilma Rousseff to be merely a smokescreen to absolve the Executive branch of its responsibility in the current institutional crisis. He accused the government of not having been interested in voting on proposals that would have yielded the same results as these pacts when they were debated in the National Congress, such as earmarking 10% of the Union's net revenue for education or health.

According to Aloysio Nunes, another example is the difficult situation of philanthropic hospitals and the Santa Casas (charitable hospitals), mentioned by the president in one of her speeches. The senator highlighted that, a few days ago, Congress approved a provisional measure containing an amendment to alleviate the debt of the Santa Casas, but this section was vetoed by the Executive branch. According to Aloysio, the proposal to exempt basic food items from taxes received the same treatment: approved in Congress through an agreement between the government base and the opposition, it was vetoed by the president.

Aloysio also questioned the government's credibility in dealing with issues such as transparency and fiscal responsibility.

- Fiscal responsibility? A government notorious for its accounting tricks, which have brought utter discredit to public accounting in Brazil! A government that maintains 39 ministries and wastes public money in an absolutely sterile spending spree, without any result other than the sum of television time for its electoral propaganda - he accused, also recalling that the president denied the press access to the expenses of her trips abroad.

Regarding the urban mobility pact, the senator cited the "tax gifts" granted to the automotive industry, with a reduction in IPI (tax on industrialized products) and a zero rate for Cide (fuel tax) on fuels. Meanwhile, the works to improve public transportation, foreseen in the Urban Mobility Pact, are reportedly stalled.

"So, with what enthusiasm can we embark on a pact, an understanding, if that pact is not made in good faith, if it is not reflected in the history of understandings, negotiations, and dialogue that has taken place here in Congress, if it does not translate into concrete initiatives," he declared.

Political reform

Senator Aloysio Nunes also criticized the way President Dilma Rousseff presented the political reform as "the miracle cure that will regenerate all the ills of our political representation." The senator asked what exactly the reform would consist of, what proposals it includes, and what the political conditions are for its approval.

He recalled that, in her speech to Congress at the beginning of her administration, Dilma had already promised to carry out political reform, but throughout her term, she did not support any part of the reform, whether more complex points such as district voting, list voting or public financing, or simple measures such as the prohibition of coalitions in proportional elections.

According to the senator, in an election year, President Dilma wants to run a "dual campaign": the presidential campaign and the political reform plebiscite. Doing the two simultaneously would create confusion and increase her chances of re-election.

In a separate statement, Senator Mário Couto (PSDB-PA) praised Aloysio's speech, emphasizing that the people are tired of waiting for concrete actions and punishments for the corrupt. He believes the president should have opened her address to the nation by guaranteeing the establishment of morality in the country, which is one of the population's main desires.