A and returned from recess on the last day 1, but only formally. In practice, neither houses had prominent votes in the plenary, nor did it installed its permanent committees, a kind of kick -start of the legislative year.
The work to apply should only start in March, after the. And the justification presented by parliamentarians is almost always the same: it has always been so.
The first day of work, a Saturday, was marked by a full congress for (-PB) in the presidency of the House and (-AP) in the Senate. From there, however, the emptying was the tonic.
Motta himself recognized on Thursday (13) that the installation of the commissions of the House will be after the Carnival. “Leaders are starting to discuss internally, because there is always a conflict. More than one party always prioritizes the most important committees. I hope to solve it in the coming days and early March do the installation,” he said.
This year, in particular, the definition of who will command the 30 permanent commissions of the House and the 16 of the Senate gained more importance due to the expectation that, from 2025, they actually command part of the distribution of R $ 11.5 billions of parliamentary amendments in the budget.
Until last year, commission amendments were directed by the House and Senate domes, without virtually no decision -making power of the commissions themselves. From, there is a possibility that this year the committees will assume a greater protagonism in relation to this share of federal funds.
In addition, the beginning of the work in Congress has been affected by a kind of waiting compass of center right and right-wing
From the new design of the Esplanade is that one will know what will be the real rhythm and humor of the congress, say parliamentarians.
In the House, the definition of the commissions also bumps into the arm wrestling between PL and PT, the two largest benches of the house.
The PL is entitled to make the first two commission choices of the six it can occupy, but this always goes through political agreements.
The pact also signed in the management of (PP-AL), for example, defined that the CCJ (Constitution and Justice Commission), the main house, will be commanded by MDB in 2025 and União Brasil in 2026.
The PT, which is entitled to five commissions (the third and fifth nominations), wants to get financial and control, which already commands today, and with education, which, in 2024, was presided by one of the noisiest leaders of Opposition, the deputy (PL-MG).
All of this depends on agreements that will be sealed to Carnival. The leader of the PL in the House bench, Sostenes Cavalcante (RJ), said the party has not yet defined the commissions or names, but will not give up its six vacancies – a Bolsonaro party agreement reserved only five vacancies reserved .
A commission of interest to the subtitle is Foreign Affairs and National Defense, which would be commanded by (PL-SP).
In the Senate, the presidencies of weight committees have already been divided between the parties, from the size of each of the benches. Even with the drawing closed, Alcolumbre has said it awaits the indication of the members by the party blocks.
Senators give different dates to the installation of permanent committees, a rite that formalizes the president and the deputy of each collegiate. Part of the leaders states that even if the committees are installed this month, there will be only votes after Carnival.
Since the inauguration, only one event officially entered the Senate agenda, the meeting of the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) of sports bets. The rapporteur, Senator (PL-RJ), would present the final report on Tuesday (11), but the agenda was unmarked hours before.
At CPI das Bets, the promise of the president, Senator Dr. Hiran (PP-RR), is to resume work next week. The group meeting, however, has not yet entered the calendar.
The emptying of the Senate became even clearer on Tuesday (11), when I alcohubre, instead of the house of the house, to receive ministers Fernando Haddad (farm), Simone Tebet (Planning) and Alexandre Padilha (institutional relations).
In another “Home Office” agenda, the Senate President met at home with the Supreme Minister and a small group of senators to deal with the time frame of indigenous lands.
