The bill that foresees one will emphasize the wear on the image of Congress, as well as boosting, which can benefit right parties in 2026, experts say in the country’s electoral system.
In budgetary terms, the increase in the number of parliamentarians in the House will cause a cost of R $ 64.6 million in public accounts.
“When people stop talking about Papa and Lady Gaga, this subject will come to light,” says Paulo Henrique Cassimiro, professor of political science at UERJ (Rio de Janeiro State University). “This takes badly and feeds antipolitics, a feeling that is the driving force of the phenomenon phenomenon.”
The president of, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), says that the cost of new parliamentarians will be incorporated into the institution’s budget. Cassimiro, however, says that the practice should be quite different.
After all, the growth in the number of deputies would cause more parliamentary demand for funds, including amendments, recalls. He says that increasing the number of deputies was the exit found to please everyone. The other option would be to redistribute these vacancies between the states, which would bother the benches that would lose representatives.
Approved in the House, the proposal that goes to the provisions of 18 deputies-all all, would be 531, and no more 513. Rapporteur of the matter, Deputy Damião Feliciano (União Brasil-PB) says that.
Two years ago, the Supreme Court had determined, at the request of Pará, that the number of federal deputies was readjusted to the population measured by the 2022 census – but it did not point to any increase, only redistribution.
If the decision of the deputies is approved in the Senate, nine states will gain representatives: Pará (4), Santa Catarina (4), Amazonas (2), Mato Grosso (2), Rio Grande do Norte (2), besides Goiás, Ceará, Paraná and Minas Gerais, each with an extra representative in the Chamber.
Researcher at the FGV-SP Public Administration Studies Center, Marco Teixeira admits that the number of deputies to the latest census needs to be tailored. However, it considers that the project will generate wear and tear among congressmen, so much so that most parties released the vote of the benches. At the limit, he says, the anti -political will increase.
In the social sciences, this feeling is defined by the denial of institutions, with the disbelief that representatives can solve the challenges of society. Distrust tends to increase with lack of transparency and corruption scandals. According to Teixeira, anti-political relates to the antisystem narrative, cultivated by the pockets.
“Discussing such a project at a time when it comes to cuts is a very large fiscal irresponsibility,” he says.
The expert states that the project may even give rise to a new round of, formerly a debate in Congress.
If the system were district, for example, the readjustment of the number of deputies would not be necessary, since each district would have its representative. He recognizes, however, the lack of political will to implement a new model on the eve of the 2026 election.
Only four parties voted against the proposal in the vote on Tuesday-PSOL, Network, New and Citizenship.
Specialist in Electoral Studies and Political Parties at UFSCar (Federal University of São Carlos), Maria Teresa Kerbauy states that the new deputies can also use their imposing amendments, with mandatory execution by the Federal Government. “Congress is in a complicated situation, because if the project is approved, there will be an impact on public accounts, with more expenses.”
Therefore, the insper economist and columnist of the Sheet Marcos Mendes understands that the approved proposal can accentuate public policies skew. “The big problem of this project is that it reveals the inability of the political class of self -finding,” he says.
