Rodrigo Pacheco: At the time there was a presidential veto, which was overturned in a session of the National Congress, ensuring that those 81 municipalities would benefit from inclusion in the Sudene area and, consequently, from access to more advantageous public policies.
Rodrigo Pacheco: This initiative also adds to a decision made by the National Congress to relieve municipalities with up to 156,000 inhabitants from payroll charges.
That was a Federal Senate bill, authored by the Federal Senate, approved by the Senate and by the Chamber of Deputies, and which we long fought to have maintained.
Rodrigo Pacheco: It resulted in a reduction of the rate from 20% to 8% for small and medium-sized municipalities across Brazil, especially in Minas Gerais, which is the state with the largest number of municipalities in the Republic — 853 municipalities.
Rodrigo Pacheco: This was very important for the finances of those municipalities in Minas and throughout Brazil, particularly in 2024, when they were able to close their accounts, and it allowed municipal public policies to be implemented thanks to those savings on the social security contribution, arising from this Senate bill.