Jordy says bills on Carf and tax reform will not be voted on

The leader of the opposition in the Chamber of Deputies, Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ), said this Tuesday, around 8 pm, that the project that restores the casting vote of the Administrative Council of Tax Appeals (Carf), and that today in the event of a tie, it benefits the taxpayer, it will not be voted on tonight in the House.

Jordy said that there is resistance in relation to the increase in revenue proposed by the federal government when changing the project, which has blocked the agenda of the Chamber of Deputies for several days. The matter was proposed by the government in a provisional measure that ended up losing its validity, and because it was considered a priority to increase Union resources, it ended up being transformed into a bill.

Beto Pereira (PSDB-MS) even met this Tuesday with party benches to explain that the casting vote – the main resistance to the project – represents only 1.5% of the processes that are being processed in the Council, but still faces resistance and so it will not be put to a vote this Tuesday.

Without consensus around the project, nothing else can be voted on until parliamentarians find a solution.

Tax reform

Jordy also stated that, although there is no official agreement for opposition parties to obstruct the tax reform vote, he does not believe that the text will be approved this week. According to him, “it is not possible to vote on such an important issue in such a short time. What Lira did, calling a meeting for Sunday night, is disrespectful”.

The day in the Chamber was quite tumultuous, with parliamentarians, mayors and governors circulating through the corridors of the House, in search of negotiations to settle rough spots for the text of the reform. The rapporteur himself, deputy Aguinaldo Ribeiro (PP-PB), was earlier with deputies from the block formed by MDB, Republicans, PSD and Podemos; as well as the CARF rapporteur, Beto Pereira (PSDB-MS).

Governors Ronaldo Caiado, from Goiás, and Eduardo Leite, from Rio Grande do Sul, also participated in meetings with state benches, and disagreed with the text. For Leite, it is unlikely that the reform will be approved this week as it is, but it is “important that the topic is being discussed”.