The proposal to increase the number of members, approved on Wednesday (25) by, divided acronyms such as, and, and exposed the regional character taken into account by the senators in evaluating the issue.
The benches of and gave greater support to the proposal. No party like more than one senator was 100% against the bill.
In the PT, 5 of the 9 congressmen endorsed the increase of federal deputies and four were against. In the PL of, out of 14 senators, 7 were against, 6 were in favor and 1 did not vote.
Eight of the 11 MDB senators voted favorably to the proposal: Alessandro Vieira (SE), Eduardo Braga (AM), Fernando Farias (AL), Giordano (SP), Jader Barbalho (PA), Marcelo Castro (PI), (AL) and Veneziano Vital do Rêgo (PB).
In the PSD, the proposal received a approval of 9 of the 14 representatives in the Senate: (MA), Irajá (TO), Jussara Lima (PI), Lucas Barreto (AP), Omar Aziz (AM), (BA), (MG), Sérgio Petecão (AC) and Vanderlan Cardoso (GO).
In the case of União Brasil and, the first recorded 4 votes against a total of 7 senators, and the second had 3 congressmen rejecting the proposal, a total of 4.
There were eight state benches that gave 100% of their votes: and – they would lose deputies if the bill were not approved – besides ,,, and.
On the other hand, eight federative units were completely against the proposal: Santa Catarina, Paraná, Mato Grosso ,,,
According to research, more members in the legislature.
Faced with the unpopularity of the proposal, Senator Marcelo Castro (MDB-PI), in an attempt to reduce political wear and tear, incorporated into the text amendment prohibiting increase in expense linked to the creation of new chairs. The House gave this restriction on Wednesday night.
According to the House itself, the additional costs would be estimated at R $ 65 million with the new vacancies. The value includes wages, benefits and structure for new congressmen. Still, the measure should produce cascading effect on the assemblies, as it links the increase of state deputies to federal.
The redistribution of vacancies was required by the (Supreme Court) from a request from Pará to prevent states whose population has grown in recent years from being under-presented. If it did not approve the readjustment until June 30, the (Superior Electoral Court) itself would do this.
By choosing only to add new vacancies, the Brazilian Legislature of what was applied to the update formula provided for in the same project, based on the population indicated in the.
