Deputy (-PB) and Senator (-AP) confirmed favoritism and were elected on Saturday (1st) presidents of the House and, respectively, for the next two years.
The two have been elected with a large advantage, in an atypical situation in recent years. The last time the elections in Congress took place without a more intense dispute in both homes had been in 2003, the first year of Lula’s first government.
Alcolumbre had votes of 73 of 81 senators and got the third largest vote in the Senate since redemocratization. Astronaut Marcos Pontes (PL-SP) and Eduardo Girão (Novo-CE) had four votes each. The Senator of Amapá returns to office four years after his first management, from 2019 to 2021.
This Saturday, Hugo received the votes of 444 of the 513 deputies of the House. (Novo-RS) had 31, and Pastor Henrique Vieira (PSOL-RJ), 22. There were also two blank votes. Paraíba is 35 years old and will be the youngest president of the house in history.
The mandates will be two years.
Both in the House and Senate the elected sewed alliances that were from Lula’s PT to the PL of. In an unusual scene, Alcolumbre was greeted by telephone by the two largest leaders of the current political fields minutes after being elected president of the Senate.
The senator was congratulated by other colleagues in the Plenary, when the government leader at, Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP), passed a cell phone to him. The conversation lasted a few moments.
When off, it was the Senator’s turn (PL-RJ) to deliver a cell phone to alcohumbre. The conversation also lasted a few seconds. THE Sheet He confirmed with interlocutors who were President Lula and former President Bolsonaro.
In the speeches before the vote, the new presidents of the Senate and the House also played in common matters.
Alcolumbre and Hugo Motta advocated prerogatives and the immunity of congressmen, a subject especially to the right, who criticizes what he considers arbitrary actions of the Supreme Court (Supreme Court).
Alcolumbre became more into the question of the relationship with the court and cited the dispute over parliamentary amendments as a “challenge.”
“It is essential to respect judicial decisions and the role of the judiciary in our democratic system. But it is equally indispensable to respect the legislature’s prerogatives and ensure that this parliament can exercise its constitutional duty to legislate and represent the Brazilian people,” he added.
The statement is a reference to the frequent criticism in Congress that the Supreme Court exorbitates its role in deciding on topics that are the attribution of the legislature.
Alcolumbre also charged compliance with agreements to avoid “a war field” in politics. Parliamentarians complain that the Supreme Court would have failed a commitment to the amendments made under discussion among the representatives of powers last year.
Hugo Motta stated before the vote: “The guarantee of parliamentary prerogatives is essential for the strengthening of the people, because each of us, deputies and deputies, is directly related to the wishes of those who have given us the vote.”
After the victory, he also sent messages to the government, demanding economic stability against the possibility of “social chaos”. He cited several times the deputy Ulysses Guimarães, killed in 1992, and criticized, without referring to Lula, the concentration of power in the executive. He said a strong parliament acts as a way to block dictatorships.
Regarding the Legislative Agenda, Alcolumbre has signaled that it will contribute to the Lula administration. He said he will work “side by side” to support the executive’s agenda.
“The agenda elected in the last election [presidencial] It was the agenda presented by the President of the Republic Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. No senator, no senator, has the authority of disturbing the government’s agenda. The government will have its schedule fully respected, “he said, after he was elected.
Lula even dismissed his ministers who are parliamentary to return to Congress to participate in the vote.
Alcolumbre, even out of office for four years, through his successor and political godson, (-MG). He had a relevant voice in the nomination of two ministers in the government and maintained control over the distribution of parliamentary amendments to his colleagues.
The Senator of União Brasil explored as a tool of influence the amendments of rapporteur, who were controlled by a restricted group of parliamentarians and distributed to their allies in exchange for political support.
After the Supreme prohibited the use of this mechanism in 2022, the Senator by Amapá helped to boost commission amendments – today – and became one of the model’s main advocates.
Hugo Motta also consolidated his candidacy in the wake of the empowerment of the legislature via parliamentary amendments. He was nominated by Arthur Lira (PP-AL), who ended his four-year management in the House on Saturday.
Hugo’s election makes Lira the first president of the house since redemocratization to choose and elect his successor. The Alagoas led conversations and agreements that led the Republicans deputy to support most of the house’s subtitles.
From a family of politicians, it is described by allies as a conciliatory, serene and skilled profile in the negotiations – with a strong performance behind the scenes. People close to the parliamentarian also say that he cannot be classified as a governor or oppositionist.
the congressman stood out for his good relationship with different political currents in the House, but was closer to influential politicians of the center, including Lira, the president of PP, (PI), and the former deputy, who chaired the house in 2015 and 2016.
Still, in the Federal Government, there is an expectation of improvement in the relationship with the summit of the house after the election of Hugo, with dialogue and commitment to priority guidelines of the executive, especially in the economic area. Hugo is close to government ministers, such as (transport) and (ports and airports).
After confirming the results, Lula issued a note congratulating the two elected. The president said that “a country grows when institutions work in harmony” and that Brazil will advance with the “successful partnership between executive and legislature”.
