BRASILIA: Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and leading senators plan to launch an agenda of market-friendly proposals this week, Senator Romero Juca said on Tuesday, in Rousseff's latest attempt to rekindle economic growth and overcome a major political crisis.
The so-called "Brazil Agenda," put forward by Senate President Renan Calheiros, was discussed at a Monday dinner with Rousseff and senators from her coalition base.
The conversation suggests a rapprochement between Rousseff and Calheiros, which could help her fend off an impeachment attempt while strengthening the senator politically as he is investigated for alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
The final list of proposals will be ready on Wednesday or Thursday, Juca said on Twitter. The 28 measures fall into three areas: business and infrastructure, fiscal discipline, and social protection.
They include raising the retirement age and fast-tracking environmental licensing for infrastructure projects.
Many of the proposals are controversial and are likely to draw opposition within Rousseff's own Workers' Party or in the lower House of Congress.
Among them are regulating outsourced labor, raising inheritance taxes and introducing paid services in Brazil's government-provided healthcare system.
"This is a contribution from the National Congress, based on its independence.
The more independent Congress is, the more it will help the country finding a way out," Calheiros said on Monday, according to the Senate website.
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