Chairman of the Budget Committee confirms a vote next week

The chairman of the Joint Budget Commission (CMO), Júlio Arcoverde (PP-PI), confirmed Estadão That the 2025 budget should be voted between Tuesday, 18, and Wednesday, 19. Arcoverde’s positioning denies a statement sent by the CMO advisory in House WhatsApp groups on Saturday morning, 15, announcing an alleged postponement of the vote for April.

The president of the CMO denied the note, saying that it is an “absurd”, and said that the planning follows the same last Tuesday, 11. The rapporteur, Senator Ângelo Colonel (PSD-BA), should send the final text to the congressmen later Sunday, 16.

Hugo Motta’s team denied the author’s authorship, and the home’s advisory in a group of journalists said the statement was not produced by the team. “Any announcement about the presidency’s activities will be confirmed by the advisory,” said a member of the house’s office.

In the WhatsApp group where the CMO team communicates with the press, the note was sent as if it had left the chamber’s presidency advisory, and states that the budget would be postponed by a trip by the mayor, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), and the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (Union-AP), with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Notice, the new voting date would be on March 31 to April 4.

“There has been no communication signed by me that speaks of postponement. Right now I was talking to (Ângelo) Colonel, the rapporteur. The forecast is for him to deliver (the text) Sunday night. I’m even behind knowing who is talking about this note there. It’s absurd, ”said Arcoverde.

Alcolumbre’s advisory, in turn, told the Estadão that the note is false.

The National Congress has been criticized for the delay in voting. Normally, the budget law is voted in December, but because of a sequence of postponements, the country still follows without this year’s budget definitions.