Lula will meet with Haddad to discuss the payroll tax, several civil servants are calling for salary raises, and President Lula's statements about Israel continue to weigh negatively on the government

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 21 Feb 2024 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

President Lula meets with the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, to discuss reimbursing the payroll tax. The matter will be addressed through a bill with constitutional urgent status. Some civil servant groups are mobilizing for salary raises. The work-to-rule job action of federal agricultural tax auditors is already affecting Brazilian agriculture. President Lula's statements about Israel continue to weigh negatively on the government on social media. The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), called for Lula to retract his speech.

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