Finance Ministry says it is preparing measures and may seek Congress to widen contingency powers
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What happened
Finance Ministry Executive Secretary Dario Durigan said the government is preparing measures to guarantee the fiscal target and may seek congressional approval to increase the share of the federal budget eligible for contingency.
Why it matters
The statement signals that the government is moving from general commitment to possible concrete fiscal action. It brings forward choices over whether expenditure control will rely on executive restraint alone or require a legislative change that could alter the timing and scope of budget execution.
On October 27, Executive Secretary Dario Durigan said the Finance Ministry is studying measures, some already partly prepared, to ensure compliance with the fiscal target. He also said the government may ask Congress to expand the portion of the budget that can be subject to contingency. The statement turns a broad fiscal-management debate into an immediate operational question about spending restraint, legal room for decree action, and congressional bargaining over budget execution in the next few days.
Watch for
Ministry of Finance release by 2026-10-31 detailing the measures cited by Dario Durigan to preserve the fiscal target Civil House or Presidency submission to Congress by 2026-10-31 seeking authority to expand the budget share subject to contingency Chamber of Deputies leadership acknowledgment by 2026-10-31 that a fiscal or budget-execution proposal from the Executive will be put on the agenda National Treasury or Planning Ministry publication by 2026-10-31 showing a new contingency or blocking decree tied to the fiscal target
Sources
- Ministério da Fazenda avalia medidas para garantir a meta fiscal · agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br
- Governo buscará cumprir meta fiscal com diálogo, diz Durigan · agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br
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