The president of , (-PB), has this Wednesday (28) the first meeting with the bench leaders to define this year’s voting priorities. While trying to establish a new milestone to avoid a repeat of last year’s crises in 2026, the head of the House will have to deal with conflicting demands from the government and opposition, who want to use their agenda in the October election.
The meeting takes place less than a week before the return of legislative activities and demonstrates parliamentarians’ interest in speeding up important votes. Deputies emphasize that the main agendas must be voted on by June, because of the elections.
According to leaders interviewed by Sheetthe opposition arrives for the first meeting of the year with the aim of pressuring Motta to establish the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) into the Abuse of Authority. The creation of the collegiate gained strength with reports that showed links between the ministers and Alexandre de Moraes with the Banco Master case.
Furthermore, the group must demand explanations about the impeachments of deputies (-SP) and (PL-RJ), which occurred during the recess. Eduardo was revoked due to excessive absences and Ramagem, due to his conviction for an attempted coup d’état.
The opposition should also ask Motta to intercede, with the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil-AP), on two issues.
The first is the overturning of the president’s (PT) veto on the Dosimetry project, which would reduce the sentence of the former president (PL) and others involved in the coup plot. The second is the establishment of the CPMI (Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) into the .
The Lula government arrives with divergent interests. One of those responsible for the articulation states that the base will fight to maintain Lula’s veto on Dosimetry and to prevent the installation of CPIs. The calculation is that this instrument serves the opposition and disrupts the pace of voting in Congress, especially in a short calendar.
Planalto’s idea is to be able to schedule the People’s Gas MP (Provisional Measure) for Tuesday (3), which needs to be approved by Carnival so as not to lose validity. The program offers free purchases of cooking gas or will cover part of the cost of the product for low-income families.
The government also defends the vote on the Teachers’ Floor MP in February, also considered a base priority for the beginning of the legislative year.
Another point of contention that Motta will need to mediate involves the Anti-Faction Bill and the PEC (Proposed Amendment to the Constitution) for Public Security. The topics are considered “thorny” by parliamentarians. Both are government proposals that were distorted by the opposition throughout their processing, and the two groups promise to fight over the version that will be voted on.
In the Security PEC, the government mapped out points in the report by deputy Mendonça Filho (União Brasil-PE) to be overturned or changed. In PL Antifaction, Planalto’s fight will be to maintain the report by senator Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE), approved by the Senate in December.
The opposition will insist on keeping most of the report by the deputy (PP-SP), who left his position as secretary of Public Security in the government of Tarcísio de Freitas, from São Paulo, to report the text. The project had been approved by the Chamber in November, but, due to Vieira’s changes, it will need to be reanalyzed by the plenary.
The regulation of artificial intelligence should also be discussed in the meeting with Motta, pointed out a leader interviewed by the report. He assesses that the Chamber has been pressured to address the issue, which is also being debated in the TSE (Superior Electoral Court).
Approved by the Senate at the end of 2024 after a personal commitment from the then president, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), to address the issue, the AI project is being processed by the Chamber’s Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence, chaired by deputy Luísa Canziani (PSD-PR).
The government must still take the discussion on the implementation of zero fares in public transport and the end of the 6×1 work schedule for evaluation by leaders. The latest proposal reduces the maximum working day and was included in the PT’s priorities last year.
The discussion about reducing the work schedule began with a PEC from the deputy (PSOL-SP), but Planalto decided to support the proposition with the greatest possibility of rapid progress in Congress – in this case, a bill. The selected proposal is from deputy Léo Prates (PDT-BA), who took on the role of rapporteur for the project.
