The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), announced this Thursday (11) that deputy Leo Prates (Republicanos-BA) will be the rapporteur of the bill (PL) that provides for the end of the 6×1 scale, filed by representatives of the federal government.
The choice seeks to allow the parliamentarian, who was already the rapporteur of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) on the topic, to take advantage of the same opinion prepared for the PEC approved in May. The expectation is to unlock the agenda in the Chamber, since the PL was filed under an emergency regime, which since June has prevented the analysis of other projects until it is voted on.
The strategy of the government and its allies was to maintain the PEC on a 6×1 scale with a leaner text, focusing only on the constitutional change related to working hours and work schedules. Details on the implementation of the measure would remain in bills to be presented later by the Executive.
There is a possibility that Prates will take advantage of the new rapporteur to fill gaps purposely left in the PEC, with the aim of facilitating voting on the text. Among the points that can be regulated are transition rules, sectoral exceptions, forms of compensation and parameters for collective negotiations.
PEC is blocked in the Senate
In the Senate, the president of the House, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), tries to keep the processing of the PEC that ends with the 6×1 scale by holding the text at the Board of Directors, without forwarding it to the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ).
This Thursday, the president of the CCJ, senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), stated that he had not received information about the date for sending the proposal to the commission. Furthermore, a meeting between Otto and Alcolumbre, which was scheduled for this week, was canceled by the president of the Senate.
Alcolumbre also did not call a meeting of leaders to discuss the agenda — a meeting that usually takes place weekly. Previously, he had stated that he would discuss the PEC’s progress at this meeting.
