Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP).| Photo: Edilson Rodrigues/Agência Senad

The leader of the government in the National Congress, Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP), said this Tuesday (21) that health and education expenses should not be left out of the new fiscal rule that will replace the spending ceiling. The senator met with the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, this afternoon to discuss the complementary bill in the new framework.

“The rule does not make the exception [de determinados tipos de gastos]. It’s a general rule, a general goal, based on the principle that you can’t spend more than you have income. the minister [Haddad] it did not detail an exceptionalization of an item or another item,” said Randolfe, reported Agência Brasil.

The parliamentarian stated that the proposal should be presented in the first week of April, after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) official trip to China, and said he was “very convinced” that the new framework will benefit the country.

“This proposal cannot be treated as if it were from the government or the opposition”, declared Randolfe. “Having a rule where you don’t spend more than you collect is a proposal for a nation,” he added. According to Randolfe, a meeting will be held with government base leaders in the House and Senate to present the complementary bill.

For the senator, the rule to be proposed serves all levels of society, not just the financial market, but “above all, the claims of Brazilian society.” He added that the text will not have relevant “points of conflict”.