This Tuesday (10), Guedes asks Maia and Alcolumbre that Congress vote in favor of priority proposals to 'shield' the Brazilian economy
The Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, sent a letter to the presidents of the Chamber and of the Senate. The document asked for the approval of nineteen priority proposals on the economic agenda. Among them are sixteen bills or provisional measures and three proposed amendments to the Constitution.
In the document obtained by TV Globo, the request made to Deputy Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ) and Senator Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP). Guedes stresses the “need to shield the Brazilian economy” in the face of the current economic scenario.
"These are infraconstitutional matters that are already being processed and that are extremely relevant to safeguard the country's economy, increase legal security for business and attract investments", says Guedes in the official letter.
Among the proposals are the privatization of Eletrobrás, the autonomy of the Central Bank, the provisional measure of the Yellow Green Program. And also the new legal frameworks for gas, electricity, basic sanitation, railways and concessions.
PECs on orders
The minister also spoke to the presidents of the Chamber and Senate regarding the need to approve three Proposed Amendments to the Constitution (PECs). make structural changes in public accounts: the PEC of the Federative Pact, the PEC Emergency and the PEC of Funds.
According to Guedes, such changes in the Constitution will enable and allow "the country to have balanced accounts and that promote the transformation of the Brazilian State in favor of providing better services to citizens".
Bills and provisional measures have a simpler procedure and supposedly could be approved in a shorter period of time. Since the Pecs are related to the Federal Constitution, they have a slower procedure. And they require more votes in favor than an ordinary bill.
the international crisis
In the letter sent to the Legislature, Paulo Guedes states that, if approved in the first half, the economic agenda has the capacity to “protect Brazil from the external crisis”. The minister stated that the government's economic team "closely monitors the evolution of the international and domestic scenarios".
“With the continuity of the structural reforms that the country needs, it will be possible to recover sufficient fiscal space to grant other stimuli to the economy”, said the minister.
