Posted on 05/07/2022 22:40 / Updated on 05/07/2022 22:41
In an election year, President Jair Bolsonaro edited Provisional Measure (MP) No.
President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) tried to seize popularity Previous BBB Jessilane Alves Which celebrated, Saturday (7/5), via social media, the discharge of students from the debts of the Higher Education Student Finance Fund (Fies). Bolsonaro took the opportunity to comment on the discount his government offered to students. However, the professor refuted the comment and noted that the program was created by former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva (PT).
“Like Jesse, more than a million students with a contract signed until 2017 at Fies also have the opportunity to pay off their debts at a discount of up to 92% thanks to the MP1090 we launched at the end of 2021,” he said, quoting the former BBB on Twitter. He stated that the exempted amount may reach 38 billion Brazilian riyals.
Giseilan Alves Lives in Valparaíso and graduated in Biological SciencesHe responded and stated that it was the Labor Party that created Fies. “Remember that Fies is a program that was created during the Lula government and benefits thousands of students, who, like me, would not have been able to afford college.”
He concluded, “I am very grateful for this program, which to this day guarantees universal access to higher education.”
renegotiated debt
In the election year, President Jair Bolsonaro has modified Provisional Measure (MP) 1.090/2021 that can grant rebates of up to 92% of the total amount of Fies student debt. The goal, according to the government, is to reduce defaults and ensure program sustainability for those who benefited through the second half of 2017.
Banks in Brazil and Caixa Econômica Federal are responsible for renegotiating and submitting their own requests for this. The reductions stipulated in the measure are 92% for CadÚnico and Emergency Aid subscribers. For others over 500,000 students, the discount will be 86.5%.
