After sustaining the criminal action of Federal Deputy Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ), in response to the Federal Supreme Court () and approving a project that increases the number of vacancies in the Legislative House, will have a week of “white recess”, without deliberative sessions. During this period the Plenary will hold solemn sessions, such as honoring the procession of the fire of the city of Goiás (GO).
The president of the house, (Republicans-PB), made this decision because he will travel to the United States to participate in Lide Brazil Investment Forum 2025, an event that will bring together businessmen, STF ministers and Brazilian authorities in New York. He will participate in the opening event on Tuesday (13).
The event in the United States will bring together, among other authorities, the president of the Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, former President Michel Temer, senators of the Republic and governors. In reading leaders, Motta’s absence in a week when he finally managed to print a “his own style” is seen as a Motta misconception, which could take advantage of the packaging to vote projects of interest to the deputies.
In the first two months of the presidency of Hugo Motta, which began in February this year, the plenary and the commissions voted less legislative propositions compared to the same period of the first year as its predecessor in office, Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
Slowness especially affects the government, which sees its main proposals for the year still packaged – such as the exemption of income tax for those who earn up to R $ 5,000, which did not even have the work started in special commission. There are also still projects considered priority by Planalto, such as the regulation of social networks and the proposal that reviews supersalaries in the public service.
Deputies say that Motta’s first major performance in the House was the vote on the sustainment of the branching criminal action, when he accelerated the initiative, alongside leaders of the centrão and allied deputies of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) who say they acted “in defense of the parliamentary prerogative.”
The “white recess” was most frequently adopted after the pandemic. This term is usually used to refer to two -week informal vacations taken by deputies in the middle of the year. In order to be entitled to semester transition vacation, deputies must vote on the Budgetary Guidelines Law (LDO) – this did not occur neither in 2023 nor 2024. Even so. The then President Arthur Lira simply emptied the agenda and secured the recess to the deputies.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Carolina Ferreira
