Livre said Friday it would be a “big mistake” if the government wanted to make “a splash” by exceeding the target of 1.9% of the projected deficit by the end of the year, “at the cost of human lives.” .
“There has been a bad habit, and a bad habit in times of crisis, of trying to shed light on what people’s lives really are and always trying to beat the deficit target and get a smaller deficit than was presented as a way to calm the international markets, but about people’s lives. Livre believes that this would be a huge, tragic mistake in this budget exercise that is underway,” defended Rui Tavares.
Livre’s sole deputy spoke to journalists after he first met Finance Minister Fernando Medina and Deputy Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ana Catarina Mendes, who will present the macroeconomic scenario to the parties this Friday. that will serve as the basis for the government’s proposal for the national budget for 2023.
Rui Tavares confirmed that the government is maintaining its target of 1.9% of the deficit for fiscal year 2022, but left the warning to the executive that “having a pillow and being able to help people in one of the most difficult moments of the past decades and not helping them would be a big mistake”.
Asked by journalists, the deputy declined to provide figures detailed by the executive at the meeting on the macroeconomic scenario, saying only that the government “accepts that there is a slowdown in growth and a recession scenario.” continues to exclude”.
As for possible negotiations with the government on the budget proposal, Tavares underlined: “The way we will approach the discussion of the 2023 budget will depend a lot on how we see the measures jointly approved for 2022 being taken seriously”.
The cabinet proposal for the national budget for 2023 will be delivered next Monday the 10th.
Source: DN
