Regulating the rules of the new PAT (Workers’ Food Program), which has been awaited since the beginning of the year, and which aims to increase competition in the sector of meal vouchers and food vouchers, a big ceremony will take place on Tuesday (11) in the Palacio do Planalto, in the presence of President Lula and companies in the sector, but the day before the government changed its mind and decided to sign the decree behind closed doors in the Palacio da Alvorada.
The change in a short time has taken the sector by surprise. Representatives running the vouchers told the column that the suspicion is that the change occurred due to a low quorum of those confirmed for the party, due to disagreements between various actors involved in food benefits, such as supermarkets, restaurants, bars, machinery companies, VR operators and the VA.
The maximum fees imposed on establishments, which Bound It was found that it should be set at 3.6%, and the repayment period from operators to supermarkets and restaurants were two major issues that became a tug of war in the sector.
When consulted with the press office of Palacio do Planalto, he initially said that the Presidency of the Republic had not confirmed any celebration.
But the column showed the invitation that companies in this sector received from the Ministries of Labor and Finance informing them of the event on Tuesday, at 4 p.m., with President Lula, as well as a subsequent notification, on November 10, that the signing of the decree updating the PAT rules had undergone changes in its location.
“On this occasion, the agenda will be held in a hearing room designated for the authorities, with no possibility of participation by the general public,” said the notice titled: “Urgent: Information Note on the Signing of the Decree Modernizing the Workers’ Food Program (PAT) Rules.”
After sending the documents, Planalto’s advisors said only that the change was due to “agenda dynamics.”
The invitation to the open house said the ceremony would represent “important progress in modernizing and improving the program, and strengthening the federal government’s commitment to promoting health, food security, and worker well-being.”
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