By mid-2023, the government had released less than R$8 billion. Now, it has released almost R$34 billion. That’s a lot of money. It’s a budget larger than the investment budget of most of the Esplanade ministries. It’s money that is essential for politics.
In the analysis of the parties that received the most funds from parliamentary amendments, those in the center and even those in opposition received more resources than the PT, President Lula’s party, and allied parties.
The party that received the most was Avante, a tiny party. It paid off 97% of the amendments. Then came Solidariedade, with 96%. Then came Rede, with 90%. Then came the party that really matters. The first of them, União Brasil, paid off 88% of the amendments. A mere R$2.4 billion. Then came Patriota, a small party. Then came PP, led by Arthur Lira, with 88%. Then came PSD led by Kassab, with 87%, R$2.3 billion. Then came MDB, with 87%, with R$2.1 billion. PL paid off 81%. Above average, R$3.7 billion released. PT only released 73%.
PSOL is the party that has approved the least, only 35% of the amendments. Even Novo has approved proportionally more amendments. This shows the government’s fragility in Congress.
Each federal deputy is entitled to R$37,871,585.00 in individual parliamentary amendments in 2024. Some opposition parliamentarians have already received a large part of the value of the amendments.
Of the 100 that have released the most, the PL has 19, the PP has 13, União Brasil 13, PSD 13, MDB 15 and PT 3. Who is in charge? Lula is not talking about the budget because it is better not to talk about it. This data is very shocking.
