The STF declared the rapporteur’s amendments unconstitutional, Minister of the STF Gilmar Mendes decided to remove the Bolsa Família program from the Spending Ceiling, and Fernando Haddad is expected to announce more members of his team

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 20 Dec 2022 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The STF decision has a direct impact on the vote on the Transition Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC), which is scheduled for today, December 20. The terms of the PEC are still being negotiated. Even with the decision of Minister Gilmar Mendes to remove the Bolsa Família payment from the spending ceiling for the 2023 financial year, the PT prefers to include it in the PEC. Today, Fernando Haddad is expected to announce the names for the command of the National Treasury and the Economic Policy Secretariat (SPE) of the ministry.

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