In the first 151 days of the year, $ 560,798 million left the official coffers towards the Empower Work and Food Policies. The figure represents more than half of the planned budget for the entire year, which amounts to $ 1.03 trillion.
With rising inflation, salaries, bonuses and bonuses that must be paid, it is discounted that the resources of the program will not reach before the October elections. The Food Card is delivered to 1.4 million beneficiaries, but directly impacts some four million people.