“We will not accept a tax reform with increased taxes”, says Lupion

2023-11-01 14:58:30

President of the FPA also highlighted that there will be no agreement with the government on overturning vetoes in the time frame

The Agricultural Parliamentary Front (FPA) met, this Tuesday (31), to address issues of national repercussion that have been under debate in the National Congress for years. Both the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC 45/2019) that changes the National Tax System, and the overturning of the vetoes to the bill that deals with the Temporal Framework for land demarcation (PL 2903/2023), were objects of consideration by the parliamentarians.

For the president of the FPA, federal deputy Pedro Lupion (PP-PR), the tax reform report in the Federal Senate came without surprises. Despite this, he emphasizes that the bench will not accept any movement that increases the tax burden and will be vigilant about this.

“We maintained what we advanced in the Chamber in relation to the sector. We have concerns about the distribution of values ​​from the constitutional fund and the Chamber will probably change this”, explained the parliamentarian. Lupion also said that, for now, “the text is reasonable”.

According to federal deputy Newton Cardoso Jr. (MDB-MG), one of the main interlocutors of the productive sector with the reform GT, it is very important to protect the text of the tax reform with benefits for the sector. For him, it is essential to argue the importance of the sector for the country’s development.

“We have to combat fallacies with great arguments. Our competition is not against other sectors of our economy, but with the agriculture of other countries. We need to guarantee Brazilian agriculture with the strength it deserves”, he highlighted.

Temporal Framework Vetoes

Invited to a meeting at the Ministry of Institutional Relations last night, Pedro Lupion clarified that he was called to negotiate the overturn of presidential vetoes. In particular, the time frame vetoes. He states that the negotiation period is over and that the government knows that the FPA has the strength to change the fate of all matters.

“The time has passed for this type of negotiation. If they wanted a bill, they wouldn’t veto ours.” For Lupion, the problem fell into the lap of the President of the Republic who, according to the leader of the FPA, does not have the money to pay prior compensation as judged by the STF.

“We will maintain our strategy and vote on the vetoes on November 9th. We will overturn and approve PECs 48 in the Senate (defines the time frame for demarcation of lands) and 132 in the Chamber (compensation in indigenous areas) to constitutionalize the matter”.

Rural Insurance

Yet another negotiation with the government, which turned into a broken promise, displeased the bench leader. According to Lupion, the government’s refusal regarding rural insurance is another step towards the Safra Plan being completely undermined.

“We received the news of the denial of agricultural insurance without surprises. It is yet another promise made by this government to our sector that is not fulfilled. We are talking about a cut of R$140 million, another announcement of R$500 million that will no longer happen and R$1.5 billion that was promised but there is no forecast. The Safra Plan is completely undermined”, concluded Pedro Lupion.