{
  "id": 19850505,
  "title": "Pedalar é preciso. Cortar gastos, jamais",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/pedalar-e-preciso-cortar-gastos-jamais",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-13T18:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Brazil Journal",
    "slug": "brazil-journal",
    "url": "https://braziljournal.com/pedalar-e-preciso-cortar-gastos-jamais"
  },
  "original_language": "pt",
  "account": "A recent twist in Brazilian politics reveals a new tactic to evade fiscal responsibility penalties. In a move reminiscent of the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff, the government has included a retroactive legal validation article in the PLP 299, authored by Senator Jaques Wagner (PT-BA). This clause aims to justify expenses sanctioned without proper budgetary compensation, a move that could provide grounds for legal action against the government.\n\nThe regulation of the rural insurance program was another controversial addition to the PLP. Approved in September, this legislation made the subsidy for the insurance premium an obligatory expense, making it ineligible for blocking. The program, initially proposed by Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS) in 2024, was approved by President Lula before the 2024 election, ostensibly to appease the ruralist bloc. However, the spending sources and financial compensations for the program's subsidies were not disclosed.\n\nConsultant Cleveland Prates, a former economic follow-up assistant at the Ministry of Finance, noted that the LRF requires compensation for obligatory expenses. In the 'fiscal adjustment' PLP, Article 9 asserts that it complies with Article 17 of the LRF, which lists rules for creating expenses. This \"magical\" retroactive approval allows the government to justify the incentive without cutting other expenditures.\n\nThe retroactive legal maneuver has been seen as a new step in the decline of budgetary legislation. Similar instances of the Executive and Legislative branches approving complementary laws to circumvent fiscal penalties have occurred in recent years. The recent example includes the Transição PEC in 2022, which authorized an additional R$ 200 billion in expenses beyond the stipulated spending ceiling, exempting increases for Bolsa Família and Auxílio Gás from the LRF.\n\nGovernment estimates suggest that the measures in the PLP will improve the 2027 primary result by R$ 45 billion to R$ 56 billion. The opposition leader in the Senate, Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), plans to present an alternative proposal, aiming for a total savings of R$ 75 billion in 2027.",
  "summary": "Uma mentira leva a outra. Uma pedalada, também. Para escapar de uma eventual punição pelo não cumprimento da Lei de Responsabilidade Fiscal, o Governo conseguiu incluir no PLP do ‘ajuste fiscal’ um artigo que cria uma “convalidação legal retroativa ” (atenção ao retroativa ) para regularizar despesas obrigatórias sancionadas sem a devida compensação orçamentária.",
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}