Leader Sostenes Cavalcante asked the acronym deputies to vote against the project that increases sentence for those who commit fire crime to forests
The leader of the PL in the House, the deputy (RJ), recommended this Thursday (18.Fev.2025) to the congressmen of the acronym who vote against the Environmental PL 3,339/2024, the learned the Poder360. The bill supported by the (parliamentary front of agriculture) can be voted this week in plenary.
PL 3,339/2024, authored by the deputy (PSB-PB), proposes to increase the penalty for those who commit fire crime to forests and pollution. Talso proposes to prohibit people who use “irregular” of fire in private lands can receive public resources. This is that of PL 3,339/2024 (PDF – 176 kB).
The position of PL contradicts the FPA. The front had suggested to the acronym deputies to vote favorably to the text of Gervásio. The attitude of Sostenes Cavalcante was motivated by the contradiction of the acronym ruralist bench to the project.
The PL has 71 deputies of the 290s that make up and the parliamentary front. It is one of the most influential parties of the block.
The FPA acts to articulate projects favorable to agriculture in Congress. In it, congressmen of different spectra and acronyms are allied to approve projects of mutual interests.
Gervasium position
The proposition of the bill was motivated by the burning of the second half of 2024. To area By burning in Brazil it grew 79% in 2024 compared to 2023. 30,867,676 hectares last year – an area larger than the entire territory of Italy.
The PSB deputy says that it is necessary to harden the penalties of the crimes committed against the environment.
“The need to aggravate the penalties of such crimes is not only explained by the intention of discouraging even more serious conduct. We cannot lose sight of the fact that crimes against the environment have as their victim all society ”says Gervásio Maia.
This text was produced by Journalism Trainee José Luis Costa under the coordination of Editor Augusto Leite.
