Felipe Santa Cruz is elected president of the OAB and says that he will charge the correction of the IR chart | Politics

In an interview with G1 Santa Cruz said that he would instruct the federal government to take the necessary steps to update the income tax table. The goal, he said, is to increase the number of people exempt from payment.

During the election campaign, the then candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, defended the tax exemption for people who earn up to five times the minimum wage. The members of the government's economic team are still debating the issue and, until now, it has not been decided whether the table would be corrected.

According to the new president of the OAB, the letter will be sent to the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes. He explained that if the government does not act on the issue, the entity would ask the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to resume a pending case before the court that dealt with the issue.

The action was suspended at the request of the current president, Claudio Lamachia, who will transfer the post to Santa Cruz.

In requesting the suspension of the review, Lamachia asked the court to wait for the new government's position before ruling on the issue. According to him, as there had been signals from Bolsonaro throughout the campaign to correct the picture, it is necessary to wait for the new government's position before the case badysis in the case of the Supreme.

As part of the appeal, OAB argues that if the table is corrected by the Expanded National Consumer Price Index (IPCA), more people will be exempted and the measure will reduce the tax burden of those who earn less.

Taxpayers who receive up to R $ 1,903.98 per month, net of social security contribution, are exempt from income tax. From this amount, the deductions are calculated on the basis of rates of 7.5%, 15%, 22.5% or 27.5% on the value of the product, after deducting the deductible portion (fixed discount) for each yield range. .

Today, the rate of 27.5% is the same for all taxpayers who receive more than 4,664.68 pesos.

Felipe Santa Cruz affirmed in the interview of G1 that, under his administration, he would act with vigor for the defense of minorities and for the defense of history – "so that they are not forgotten "- against violence and torture. took place during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He is the son of a missing politician ( read the details below ).

"We must and must move forward in state reforms, but we can not go back in the process of civilization.There is no contradiction," said the president-elect of the Order.

He also stated that he would represent the entity in one of the most-awaited trials in the Supreme Court in 2019: on whether the court would maintain the conclusion that it was possible to execute the sentenced person's sentence from the second instance.

The OAB is the author of one of three actions in the matter that will be tried by the Supreme Court.

Santa Cruz baderted that she would defend respect for the Constitution, saying that only those who had been sentenced to a final and final sentence could be considered guilty.

"I think that, in reading the Constitution, it is not possible to interpret a sentence if it is to stop the second instance.

Matheus Leitão, the new president of the OAB, is the son of Fernando Augusto of Santa Cruz Oliveira, who disappeared during the period of military dictatorship (1964-1985), according to chronicler G1 . Father was a student leader who participated in the Catholic University Youth (JUC), a religious movement recognized by the church hierarchy, then joined Popular Action (PA), a leftist organization opposed to the regime.