The president of, (Brazil-AP), said on Thursday (5) wanting to vote in the house in June the bill that increases the number of deputies.
He also made a defense of the proposal and said that it will not cause an increase in spending. The speech was made during a press conference at Congress, next to the president (-PB), during the 11th BRICS Parliamentary Forum.
“It will use from the House’s own budget, it is just complying with a court decision and the House has found better way. Our opinion in the Senate is that we have to deliberate until June 30th. My will, and I am expressing it now for all of you who are here, is to deliberate project that was voted by the House,” he said.
In early May, the House approved a complementary bill that provides from 513 to 531, and.
The score was 270 in favor and 207 contrary. The project aims to adapt the proportion of strength among states according to the most up -to -date data of the 2022 census, and meets a determination of the (Federal Supreme Court) to be done by June 30.
If this project is not fully approved in there, the (Superior Electoral Court) shall regulate the issue.
The proposal that expands the total parliamentarians of the house was made to prevent some state benches from decreasing during redistribution. The proportion, by the project, is valid from the legislature elected in 2026.
The expected annual impact with this increase is R $ 64.6 million per year-it would be absorbed by the current budget of the House, at no additional cost, according to the rapporteur of the matter, Deputy Damião Feliciano (-PB).
Redistribution of vacancies was a demand from the Supreme Court to prevent states whose population has grown in recent years from being sub -reported in the house. Initially, the proposal caused some states to lose chairs in the plenary so that others won, which generated controversy between the benches.
It was the case of Paraíba itself, the mayor, (), and the current rapporteur of the matter, who would have 2 less parliamentarians. The benches of Rio de Janeiro (4), Bahia (2), Piauí (2), Rio Grande do Sul (2), Alagoas (1) and Pernambuco (1) would also be reduced.
The Federal Constitution determines that representation in should be proportional to the population of each state. But the constituents defined a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 70 deputies per unit of the federation.
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