120 days of unpaid license for personal reason is the maximum time of departure, and it is not possible to extend
The parliamentary license of the federal deputy (PL-SP) comes to an end on Sunday, 20. With no possibility of renewal, his absences will be accounted for the house after the recess. Last week, in an interview with Estadão column, Eduardo stated that, although seriously, he intends to give up his mandate. In March, Eduardo requested 122 days of leave – two for health reasons and 120 for personal interest. Since then, he has lived in “self -exile” in the United States, where he has pressured the US government to impose sanctions on Brazilian authorities, including Ministers of the Supreme Federal Court (STF). The offensive resulted in a 50% tariff over Brazilian products and the revocation of the Court of Ministers.
The performance of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL )’s son in the US became the target of an inquiry that investigates alleged coercion, obstruction of investigation and violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law. According to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, Eduardo intensified “illicit conduct” after the decision imposed restrictive measures on his father last Friday. Eduardo’s removal ends on Sunday and the return occurs automatically, without warning to the House. The period of 120 days of unpaid license for personal reason is the maximum time of removal, and it is not possible to extend this period.
As the parliamentary recess has already begun, Eduardo does not accumulate absences for now, but if he ceased to record after the work return, on August 4, will have his absences accounted for. By the rule, if a parliamentarian is missing more than one third of plenary sessions held in a year, he may lose his mandate. The decision to decree the loss of mandate in this case is the Board of Directors of the House, commanded by the president of the House, Deputy Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB). If you choose to resign, Eduardo should communicate the written decision at the table. The resignation does not depend on approval of the other parliamentarians, but only values after being read in the office hours or published in the diary of the house.
Salary, forum in the Supreme Court: What Eduardo loses to renounce
If you get a federal deputy mandate, Eduardo will give up R $ 46,366.19 monthly salary. In addition, it will lose up to R $ 42 837.33 monthly parliamentary quota, R $ 4,148.80 per month of housing assistance and reimbursements with health spending that can reach R $ 135,400. As a parliamentarian, he also has R $ 133,200 per month to pay 25 parliamentary secretaries, as well as the prerogative to appoint about R $ 37.8 million annually in budget parliamentary amendments.
The advantages go beyond the financial aspect. Federal deputies have parliamentary immunity, that is, they cannot be arrested, saved in the act of unenforceable crime and with the approval of the House Plenary and is civilly or criminally inviolable for any opinion or vote. They are also entitled to privileged forum and can only be tried in the Supreme Court for crimes committed in the exercise of the mandate. Without this right, the proceedings are processed in the first instance of the judiciary.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from Estadão Content
