Rapporteur accuses Tarcisio to articulate against MP 1303: “Press instead of governor”

The rapporteur of MP 1.303/25, Deputy Carlos Zarattini (PT-SP), admitted on Wednesday (8) that the government runs the risk of seeing the provisional measure that raises taxes and guarantees revenue for 2026 to be overthrown in Congress. According to the parliamentarian, the allied base is cracked and part of the center’s parties “entered into electoral dispute”, which would be crashing the proposal vote.

“We enter the electoral dispute mode. Tarcisio, instead of governor of St. Paul, is calling deputy to pressure, not to approve. It is evident that it has an election campaign in progress and the goal is to harm the government. The country damages,” Zarattini told journalists in Brasilia.

In response to the newspaper S.Paulo FolhaGovernor Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans) denied being acting against the measure.

The MP, considered essential for the fiscal balance of 2026 and 2027, needs to be approved later this Wednesday (8) in the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate.

The tension has grown in the last 24 hours, after the tight vote on the Joint Commission by 13 votes to 12 exposing the lack of cohesion at the governing base.

According to Zarattini, parties that make up the government, such as PP, Republicans, União Brasil and PSD, did not comply with the agreement to support the text, even after concessions made in the opinion, such as maintaining the exemption from LCI and LCA.

“Unfortunately, word is lacking. And when a word in Parliament is lacking, it is serious. Senator Ciro Nogueira is imposing that the PP goes to the opposition. It’s bad, because the PP participates in the government,” said the rapporteur.

Zarattini stated that if the MP falls, the Ministry of Finance may adopt unilateral measures to compensate for loss of collection, such as decree rate adjustments, especially in taxes such as IOF and IPI, whose change does not depend on legislative approval.

“There are several things that can be done by decree. The Supreme recognized that the government has autonomy to increase or decrease rates and do not need to consult the congress,” he explained.

If not voted until 11:59 pm on Wednesday, the MP loses its validity, which would represent a significant defeat for the Lula Government (PT), with direct impact on public accounts.