With the presidents of the Senate, (-AP), and (-PB), outside the country, Congress will have another empty week, with informal recess already confirmed for all federal deputies.
Motta will be in the United States to participate in a discussion forum with businessmen on Tuesday (14) in New York, as well as PL, PP and MDB leaders. The president of the (Supreme Court), and the governor of, Tarcisio de Feitas (Republicans), are also expected at the meeting.
In addition to the lean agenda in the House committees, there will be no voting in the plenary.
The emptying was justified by the effort to approve controversial measures last week, such as from 513 to 531 and the request against the deputy and former director general of ABIN (Brazilian Intelligence Agency) Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ)-
The House calendar provides punctual events during the week, such as sessions of honors to International Nursing Day, the day of the generic drug and the procession of the city of Goiás, as well as public hearings in part of the commissions.
In the Senate, at least 10 senators were allowed to travel abroad – mostly paid with public money. From the authorization requests submitted, the report identified three distinct agendas in the United States during the week: two business forums in New York and a mission of the free market parliamentary front in Washington.
The participation of congressmen and ministers in meetings outside the country has been increasingly common. Last year, Chamber and disbursed at least $ 600,000 for a legal forum in Portugal.
The Senators Magno Malta (PL-ES) and Damares Alves (Republicans-DF) announced that they go to Argentina to visit Brazilians who fled the neighboring country after the. The pair intends to inspect a prison in which they would be at least five of them.
Alcolumbre, in turn, accompanies the president (PT) in since last Tuesday (6). The leader of the government in the House, José Guimarães (PT-PI), and three federal deputies, in addition to the PT and PDT leaders in the Senate, joined the president’s official entourage in China, where the second part of the trip takes place.
Lula tries to strengthen relations with Congress – and especially with alcoholumbre – at a delicate time for the government, when opposition presses by or a mixed CPI in front of the (National Institute of Social Security). The purpose of the Planalto Palace is to postpone the maximum or to bury the installation of an investigation committee.
The investigation into the case led former Social Security Minister Carlos Lupi (PDT) to forced President Lula to fire from the INSS command.
Even with a new pedestrian social security minister, the government’s and said it seeks alternatives for next year’s presidential elections.
The new Minister of Social Security, Wolney Queiroz, was invited by the Senate to address the matter in the Supervisory and Control Committee. The agenda has not yet been confirmed, but may occur next Thursday (15).
Alcolumbre also tries to sew one to the scammers from January 8 on the grounds that a broad forgiveness must be avoided and to release the congress agenda for other matters.
Instead of amnesty, people who have not planned or finance the destruction would have their penalties reduced.
This is the third trip of the Senate president with Lula in about a month and a half. At the end of March, the senator accompanied the petista on the mission to Japan and Vietnam. Last month, the duo traveled with Barroso and Motta for Pope Francis’ wake at the Vatican.
