Brazil’s Chamber passes 2022 Budget; deputies analyze highlights

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, December 21, approved the 2022 Budget by 358 to 97 votes. There were only 2 abstentions. Chamber deputies will now analyze highlights to the final report presented by deputy Hugo Leal (PSD-RJ).

With criticism to the electoral fund value and the amount reserved for secret budget amendments, 4 parties guided their benches to reject the budget: PCdoB, PSOL, NOVO and Podemos, of pre-candidate to the presidency of the Republic Sergio Moro. The remainder voted “yes.”

After intense negotiations, the 2022 Budget proposal established an electoral fund of R$4.9 billion (US$853 million) for next year. The funding of political campaigns in 2022 will be a record and 144% higher than the R$2 billion allocated for the 2020 election.

The 2022 Budget also includes a R$2 billion provision for Federal Police salary increases. Of this total, the impact on the government’s primary expenses is R$1.7 billion. The restructuring of public security careers with a pay raise was a demand of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), with the dispute for the Planalto Palace in the background, and is a defeat for the economic team.

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