Centrão wants ministries; government tries to curb amendments
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TL;DR
- The Centrão is demanding control over ministries with larger budgets in Lula's new mandate.
- The PT aims to reduce parliamentary influence over the budget to regain executive control over amendments (RP2).
- The PT's share of the investment budget increased from 25% in 2023 to 33% in 2024, while the center parties' share decreased.
- Key ministries like Health and Education, currently controlled by the PT, are points of contention.
- The MDB is interested in retaining the Cities and Transport ministries, but the PT also has an interest in Cities.