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07/04/2013
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Government argued that resources subsidize Minha Casa, Minha Vida.
With the decision, the project will be forwarded to sanction or veto the president.
The deputies passed on Wednesday (3), by 315 votes in favor and 95 against, a bill that abolishes the recovery of a penalty fine of 10% on the balance of the Guarantee Fund for Length of Service (FGTS) paid by employers in unfair dismissal. The text now goes to the sanction or veto of President Dilma Rousseff.
The contribution was created in 2001 to cover the leaks caused by the FGTS Plans Summer and Collor 1, in 1989 and 1990. Authored by former Senator Renato Casagrande (PSB-ES), the current governor of the Holy Spirit, the bill passed on Wednesday caused division in the governing coalition. Planalto Palace defended the allied base vote against the text, but some benches disobeyed guidance.
According to estimates from the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), during the 11 years in which the rule was in force, entrepreneurs disbursed U.S. $ 45.3 billion to rebalance FGTS accounts.
In February last year, the FGTS Trustee Council informed the government that the account was settled with the workers, and the additional 10% could be extinguished. But the government maintained the contribution.
The last installment of the debt generated by the economic plans was paid in June 2012. The NCC estimates that, between July 2012 and April 2013, entrepreneurs had to shoulder U.S. $ 2.7 billion.
In addition to the termination fine of 10%, the employer dismisses without just cause the employee severance pay equivalent to 40% of the FGTS.
The arguments
During the plenary vote, opposition lawmakers and even the government base rose to the podium to claim the end of the tribute. For the PSD leader Eduardo Sciarra (PR), the money of the fine was serving only to "fatten the primary surplus."
"We're not messing with the money of the worker, but the 10% who have already served their function," he said.
In an attempt to ensure the extra features in Treasury bills, government leader, Arlindo Chinaglia (PT-SP), argued that the fine money was funding the housing program Minha Casa, Minha Vida.
"If the fine end, we are committed part of a social program of the highest importance, it is My House, My Life", he said.
On Tuesday (2), the lead government had tried to approve urgent for a project headed revenues from the FGTS fine for a fund that would subsidize the Minha Casa, Minha Vida. The proposal was defeated by a majority of MPs.
The PT leader, José Guimarães (EC), criticized the decision to abolish the penalty. "It's a project that mess and disrupts FGTS accounts. And we will only give an injection in important Minha Casa, Minha Vida "he said.
For the deputy Izalci (DF), a vice-leaders of the PSDB, the permanence of the contribution was a "misappropriation". The Toucan defended in Parliament that the country needs to reduce the tax burden to resume competitiveness.
"That penalty was created for a time and for a certain cause. The President [Dilma] is blind and deaf, and she's talking about is inconsistent. Brazil is calling for the reduction of the tax burden, "spoke Izalci.
CNI Celebrates
At the end of the vote, the executive manager of Legislative Affairs CNI Vladson Menezes welcomed the approval of the project. The manager of the entity of entrepreneurs said lawmakers fulfilled the agreement that had been made at the time the contribution was created. Menezes said the NCC will work to avoid a presidential veto.
"Congress has shown that awareness of Brazilian reality and is serving an agreement that was made back when this agreement was created with the specific aim to pay off a bill that has already been paid. Nothing fairer than unburden the productive sector at a time when the country needs to restore growth and competitiveness, "he said.
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