The president of, (-PB), warned party leaders who will guide the urgency of the bill that gives amnesty to those convicted by January 8. The statement was given at the opening of the meeting that takes place on the morning of Tuesday (16), according to two participants.
According to these leaders, the tendency is for the deputies to appreciate the urgency on Wednesday (17), after voting on Tuesday the text of the PEC (proposal for amendment to the Constitution) of the armor.
The day before, Motta also told members of the Planalto Palace about the decision and even the president (), with whom he had lunch. Also according to reports, Lula reaffirmed that he opposes the granting of amnesty to the participants of the January 8th.
The parliamentarian has told allies that the pressure to give progress to this project increased with last week. In addition to Bolsonarist deputies, they are committed to unlocking the proposal the governor of São Paulo, and the senator (PP-PI), one of Motta’s political godparents.
In addition, Motta has signaled government interlocutors who is not favorable to a “wide, general and unrestricted” amnesty, such as the one defended by Bolsonarists. The idea is to look for a middle ground.
Allies of the President of the Republic claim that this is not an agenda of national interest. But, alerted by Motta on the strong pressure he suffers for inclusion on the agenda, Lula assistants prepare a reaction to curb the progress of the proposal. The Minister (Secretariat of Institutional Relations) called a meeting for this afternoon with ministers of the government’s political wing to discuss strategies.
The intention is that. Another tactic under discussion is that ministers with a mandate in the House will be licensed from office on the Esplanada to be able to vote for the house plenary.
According to parliamentarians who are discussing the proposal, another possibility is to convince deputies to be absent in the plenary at the time of voting – which helps those who do not want to see a text approved. The absence in plenary would serve that deputies pressured by pockets, but contrary to the amnesty, did not vote for the urgency, which requires qualified quorum.
the government must review nominations for federal deputies and senators who vote in favor of the urgency and merit of the proposal. Government orientation is opposed to the bill, and the main task is to prevent the issue from being taken to the House Plenary.
If this happens, the Planalto will use all the instruments it has available, according to an interlocutor of the President of the Republic. This is to review the nominations to the positions in the federal machine and also the payment of parliamentary amendments to the budget.
According to reports, governors began to charge SRI (Secretariat of Institutional Relations) since last week a speed in the release of these resources.
On Monday night, Motta exchanged the rapporteur of the Armage PEC, replacing Lafayette de Andrada (Republicans-MG) by Claudio Cajado (PP-BA)-he is at the meeting this morning. A Centrão Cardinal states that the idea of voting for the PEC text can also help find an outcome for the amnesty, as the approval of this proposal can distens the climate today in the Plenary.
