President Dilma Rousseff at Planalto Palace: fear of losing (even) more support (Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters)
The Presidential Palace decided to postpone the cut 3,000 commissioned positions announced by President Dilma Rousseff as part of administrative reform. The idea is to expect to spend this time of crisis to trigger the personal exemption. The assessment is that it can open new flank of dissatisfaction parliamentary base in Congress, at a time when the government seeks to prevent the impeachment of the PT.
No new date fixed for the extinction of offices, technically called Direction and Higher Advisory (DAS).
At this time, the Presidential Palace discuss with the parties the appointments of the second and third ranks after the cabinet reshuffle that extinguished folders and expanded the presence of the PMDB on the Esplanade of Ministries. The release of the positions is one of the requirements of the parties to ensure the support of the governing coalition to the president, who is threatened by the possible opening of an impeachment process.
For Rousseff's advisers, it would be rash to announce the resignation of possible godchildren of politicians who occupy DAS when the government is just trying to rebuild his parliamentary base.
The initial announcement, the government hoped to save 200 million reais with the cutting 3,000 of 22,600 commissioned positions, with the extinction of ministries and 30 departments.
The reform, however, follows where not much affect the policy. Travel first class stands with public money have become, since yesterday, exclusive of the president and vice president. In travel work, ministers and commanders of the Armed Forces, which previously were entitled to this privilege may only now embarking on the executive class. All other public officers only and dependents shall be entitled to tickets of economy class. This was published on Wednesday by decree in the OfficialGazette.
Transportation - The federal government also restricted the use of official cars to ministers and heads of the armed forces. The standard says that top leaders of government agencies and foundations, occupants of commissioned positions, cabinet chief ministers and state or regional directors of agencies of the federal government, they were entitled to individual use of official cars may only use "transport vehicles institutional shared mode ".
According to the Ministry of Planning, 280 people will lose the right to the exclusive use of official vehicles. The rule applies to chairmen of all regulatory agencies - such as Aneel (energy), ANS (Health), ANATEL (telecommunications) and ANVISA (health monitoring) - rectors of federal universities, presidents of the Administrative Council of Economic Defense ( CADE), the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) and the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), among other authorities.
Dilma kept the privilege of official cars for family use of the president and vice "if security reasons dictate" and holders of special nature positions as ministers of state. The Ministry of Planning reported that in the short term, it is expected that there sharing cars among ministries.
On Tuesday, the government also set measures to reduce by 20% expenditure on procurement of goods and services and the use of corporate phones. It was limited to 500 reais the value that ministers may spend a month with the mobile account.
(With Estadão Content)
