Agricultural debts can be voted on in the Senate in a few days, says senator

Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS) stated this Tuesday (2) that the rural debt renegotiation project could be voted on by the Senate plenary next Tuesday (10).

"There is a prospect that on the 10th it [the project] will be put in plenary", he told journalists at the National Congress. parliamentarian when commenting on the progress of negotiations around the proposal.

According to the senator, there has not yet been a formal definition of the voting date, but the topic already has a political understanding to move forward.

According to the report, the president of the House, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AC), has already informed parliamentarians that this will be the date set for analyzing the proposal.

"Everything is more or less agreed, but the hammer has not been hammered", said the senator.

Tereza Cristina also said that representatives from Banco do Brasil and Bradesco requested changes to the text during a meeting held this Tuesday (2).

"Today we received a visit from Banco do Brasil, the president of Banco do Brasil, and the president of Bradesco asking for some adjustments to the text", he said.

According to the senator, the suggestions will be forwarded to the proposal's rapporteur, senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL). "I'm going to pass it on to Senator Renan and then we'll see if he accepts it," he said.

The expectation, according to her, is that the process will be completed quickly after analyzing the changes. "Then we must move forward quickly", he said.

Renegotiation of rural debts

PL (Bill) 5122/23 was approved by the Senate's CAE, and provides for the renegotiation of R$130 billion in sector debts - senators estimate that total liabilities exceed R$1.4 trillion.

The text includes interest between 3.5% and 7.5%, covers any type of rural debt, including CPRs (Rural Product Notes), and provides for the use of the pre-salt FS (Social Fund) to finance the operation - but without a pre-defined amount, as per the government's request.

This last point is the main obstacle with the government. On Tuesday (26), the Treasury presented to the senators an MP (Provisional Measure) with an alternative proposal - more restricted, with interest between 6% and 12% depending on the size of the producer and without use of the Social Fund.

The senators rejected the proposal and maintained the report by senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL).

Even in the face of requests from senators to speed up the vote, the analysis in the Senate plenary has been scheduled for Tuesday (10), because of the week shortened by the Corpus Christi holiday on Thursday (4) and so that there can be consensus with the government.

Even so, the government is still considering resubmitting the MP with adjustments.

Source: CNN