Senator Marcelo Castro’s report (MDB-PI) on the proposal of amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that provides for the positions of President of the Republic, Governor and Mayor was read at the Federal Senate Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) on Wednesday, 23. However, a request from Senator Carlos Portinho (PL-RJ) made the vote postponed to May.
The vote had already been postponed earlier this month, when Marcelo Castro asked for more time to adjust his opinion on the subject. According to the proposal, the heads of the executive branch at national, state and municipal level would have prolonged mandates, but could not run for reelection. The elections would also be unified and would occur every five years.
Since it was sent for CCJ assessment, the bill has had four amendments suggested, regarding the duration of senators’ mandates, the number of senators per unit of the federation, substitution of alternate election by simultaneous and alternative calendars of transition.
The vote of the rapporteur, Senator Marcelo Castro, is for the rejection of the four and the proposition of an alternative text. This Wednesday, 23, the president of the CCJ, Senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), granted collective view to senators, ie more time to analyze the alternative proposed by the rapporteur.
According to the transition rule provided for in it, the end of reelection would occur only for those who were elected in 2034. The topic generated disagreement among senators, as some argue that the rule is valid as early as 2026. Marcelo Castro suggested that an agreement could be made to reach a period, anticipating the rule for the elected in 2030.
According to him, reelection caused damage to the country. “It resulted in a harmful bias, stimulating the chiefs of the executive branch by the option of immediate agendas, easy to return electoral, to the detriment of structuring projects, long maturation, although preferable,” said Marcelo Castro.
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For Senator Omar Aziz (PSD-AM), there is a risk that a new wave of legislators decide to change the rule again before 2034. “No one knows if we will be here yet,” he said.
If approved by the CCJ, PEC will be analyzed at the Senate plenary, where at least 49 votes favorable in each of two voting shifts.
End of reelection
The proposal of amendment to the Constitution extends the mandates of the Executive Power from 4 to 5 years and unifies all elections for the same year.
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Authored by Jorge Kajuru (PSB-GO), the project justifies that reelection is one for the renewal of the elective mandates and the defeat of candidates for renewal to office only “in very particular circumstances”.
“The renewal of political representation is always desirable. It allows the emergence of new leaders and gives the old, momentarily taken from the exercise of the mandate, the opportunity to live with their electoral bases, update their agenda and proposals,” the proposal defends.
