Pacheco: package is “beginning of a journey of fiscal responsibility”

The President of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG)said this Friday (20) that the fiscal adjustment package sent by the government and approved by the National Congress is not an “exhaustion”, but “the beginning of a journey of fiscal responsibility”.

According to him, the year 2025 will be marked by a debate on the quality of public spending.

“The package is not an exhaustion. It is the beginning of a journey of fiscal responsibility. After the tax reform is delivered, 2025 will certainly be guided by a discussion of the quality of public spending”, stated Pacheco.

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The text also regulates the so-called “super salaries”, extends the Untying of Union Revenues (DRU) and authorizes budget adjustments in subsidies and grants

“The size of the Brazilian State, combating privileges, waste, excesses and having more efficiency in public spending”, concluded the president of the Senate in a press conference with journalists.

Pacheco recognized that the parliamentary amendments themselves can be discussed, in a way that the allocation of these resources has a logic of structuring projects for the country.

(With Estadão Content)