Bolsonaro authorizes the creation of a new social program, says Budget Rapporteur

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 16 Sep 2020 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

Senator Márcio Bittar (MDB-AC), Rapporteur for the 2021 Budget, said on September 16 that he was authorized by Jair Bolsonaro to create a new social program to replace Renda Brasil. The previous day, Bolsonaro had said that the discussions would be suspended until 2022 due to differences in the suggestions made by the economic team and broadcast by the press. The senator said that from now on he will talk to government leaders in the Lower House, the Senate, and the economic team. The idea is to present a report that has the Amendment of the Federative Pact and the creation of that program.

Jair Bolsonaro’s decision to authorize the creation of a new social program is not surprising. It is important to note that the president’s popularity is concentrated among those with a lower income, especially informal workers, who are the main beneficiaries of the emergency aid program. However, despite the decision to create a new social program, the Planalto Palace has the same challenge - how to finance it without breaching the spending ceiling.

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