Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG) ends his second term in front of the house on Saturday (1st).
Pacheco leaves a close relationship with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and leaves the position quoted to take office in the Esplanade of Ministries in the coming months.
The parliamentarian took the presidency of the Senate for the first time in 2021, during the management of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), and was reappointed in 2023. Both mandates were driven by ally David Alcolumbre (Union-AP),.
Relationship with Lula
In recent months, Pacheco has approached President Lula. He even traveled with the agent to the United Nations General Assembly (UN) in New York, United States, and also embarked with the president to the Middle East to COP28.
Earlier this year, Pacheco also made public praise to Lula for the granting of BR-381/MG, signed by the Federal Government, and the sanction of the state debt renegotiation project.
Last Thursday (30), Lula said he wanted to “”.
Judiciary
In addition to the approach to the executive in the petista government, Pacheco’s relationship with the judiciary was also a prominent point throughout his management.
The president of the Senate was pressured by the opposition to guide impeachment requests against ministers of the Supreme Court, but publicly stated that the mobilization was.
Mandate
Pacheco came to the presidency of the Senate early in his first term as a senator. He was elected in 2018 and will hold the position by the end of 2026. Earlier, he held a mandate as a federal deputy and was chairman of the Chamber’s Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ).
In addition to the position of president by Alcolumbre, Pacheco defeated then-senator Simone Tebet (MDB-MS), current Planning Minister. He was victorious with 57 votes against 21 of the senator. Pacheco’s first management as president was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The senator was the author of the bill that expanded the purchase capacity of vaccines against the disease. Pacheco was also at the head of the house during the operation of the parliamentary commission of inquiry (CPI) of the pandemic.
In 2023, in his reelection in office, Pacheco received 49 votes and defeated Senator Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), who had 32 votes.
The current president of the House has as its legacy the approval of state debt renegotiation projects with the union and regulation of artificial intelligence, both of them and approved last year.
Controversial guidelines
In addition, the president of the house was the author of projects considered controversial and generated extensive debates in the Senate, civil society and other powers.
One is the, which criminalizes the possession or possession of any amount of narcotics. The text was approved by the Senate with a Largo score and sent to the House of Representatives.
Pacheco also wrote the call, which provides for the payment of a monthly portion of “appreciation for time of exercise” to members of the judiciary and the prosecutor.
The text was poorly received, as the proceedings occurred amid a government effort to contain spending. The bill was approved by the Senate Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ), but had no advances in the House Plenary.
