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Inmates inside Jair Bolsonaro's office do not stop. Yesterday, the Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes, threatened to resign in case an in-depth pension reform such as the one that the government sent to Congress is not approved. Shortly after, the president answered without a mistake: "Nobody is obliged to stay in government".

Guedes spoke of his possible resignation in a lengthy interview published by Veja magazine on his website. There, determining, the Minister of Economy warned that without pension reform, Brazil would be on the brink. "There will be chaos in the public sector, both in the federal government and in states and municipalities."

The pension reform, which consists of integrating a private capitalization system with the AFJP model like that of Argentina, is one of the main objectives of Guedes. However, the minister sees that the initiative presented by his political space is advancing at a slow pace in Congress, where he needs the approval of two-thirds, since it is about 39, a constitutional amendment.

"I'm taking the plane and I'm going to live abroad, I'm old enough to retire," Guedes said before the professional questioned about the possibility that the proposal would become a "reformita dehydrated" by both houses of Congress. However, after so much noise, Guedes played down his threat of resignation, saying that it was not irresponsible and that he should not leave the government "the next day". "I am not irresponsible, I will not leave the next day if the reform is not approved, but I can say that I did what I had to do. is not approved to not cause problems, it is not possible to stay in office, "said the minister. He had Bolsonaro's carte blanche to build an ultra-liberal economic program. Guedes is one of President Bolsonaro's most trusted men and a trained professional at the University of Chicago with an ultraliberal doctrine.

The Brazilian President, for his part, did not hesitate to respond by inviting him to leave his post. "He has all his right and is under no obligation to continue to sit in the government," Bolsonaro told reporters at a meeting in Recife with the governors of Northeast and Minas Gerais. "Logically, he sees a catastrophe, and it's true, I agree with him, and if we do not approve of a reform very similar to the one we sent to Parliament, it would become a reality. disaster, "he said. The president also said that Guedes "is not a seer" and that no one needs to be to understand that "Brazil will live in economic chaos without the approval of this reform ".

The project, as presented at the Congress, proposes a minimum retirement age of 62 for women and 65 for men. The proposal also provides that Brazilians wishing to retire with a full pension must contribute for 40 years to the system (according to the current standard, women can retire with 30 years of contributions and men with 35) and move from 15 to 20 years old. the contribution period to receive the minimum benefit.

The government's initiative lies within a special committee of the Chamber of Deputies, where it finds resistance that motivated the most radical sectors of Bolsonarism to call for a demonstration of support to the president for this Sunday.