The House of Representatives approved on Wednesday (5) a request for urgency to vote in the plenary of the House, the bill (PL 9252/2017) that deals with the end of the liability of the debts of the Fund of Assistance to the Rural Worker (Funrural) for the period 2010-2017. The proposal is authored by Deputy Jerônimo Goergen (PP-RS), coordinator of Infrastructure and Logistics of the Parliamentary Front of Agriculture and Livestock (FPA).
According to the deputy, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) had ruled the tribute unconstitutional in 2010 and 2011. Based on these two judgments, many rural producers stopped collecting the contribution. However, on March 30, 2017, the Supreme Court changed the understanding and declared the constitutional charge. With the determination, every producer, who has stopped collecting, became a debtor of a social security liability. On May 23 of this year, the STF reaffirmed the constitutionality of the collection of Funrural.
“Such a change of understanding can not be admitted, as this damages juridical security, protection of the trust and separation and independence of the Powers of the Republic. It is not possible to recover the collection on rural producers throughout Brazil, without at least awaiting their final decision, “says Goergen.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.