PT wing defends the end of the tax framework at the party’s national meeting

The PT rejected an amendment presented to the document of its 17th National Meeting, which proposed the end of the new tax framework. This text will guide the management of the new president of the acronym, Edinho Silva.

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The amendment stated that the framework, approved by the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, would be a “political inheritance of the spending ceiling”. According to the passage, the rule would be a “strength shirt” for social rights.

Former Civil House Minister José Dirceu was one of those responsible for arguing that the amendment be rejected. He stated that the Central Bank and the financial market would use primary deficits as a “pretext” to keep interest rates. The zero deficit goal of the framework would therefore serve to reduce the rate.

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“The main problem we have is the interest policy,” said Dirceu. “We are looking for the zero deficit to be able to reduce interest.”

The former minister added that the tax framework does not prevent the payment of health and education floors, nor real increases in the minimum wage or the expansion of social programs. This can be funded by taxation of rich, as part of the government reform (IR) studied by the government, he said.

“What will be the message of our meeting, at this time, with the country? President Lula has a policy that is from President Lula, is from the government, not from Minister Haddad. And the PT Congress said this policy has to end. Is it time to do that?