The regulation of social networks is a new source of wear and tear in the alliance around (-PB) for the succession of (PP-AL) as president of the Chamber.
The debate on platforms should mark the next term in the presidency of the House. Hugo’s allies recognize that the issue is delicate and could generate noise with PT and PL, which support the deputy. Still, there is an understanding that this does not make the candidacy unfeasible.
The election will take place in early February. , the leader of the Republicans managed to gather formal support from a range of parties that have .
The support of PL and PT was sealed after Lira resolved, at least for now, the impasse surrounding the .
The president of the Chamber, where it would be voted, and . To date, however,.
Now, Hugo’s opponents say that network regulation could be a new point of conflict between the parties that support the parliamentarian.
The PT included the topic as one of the priority issues presented to the candidate in a meeting with the party bench. Some participants at the meeting were convinced of Hugo’s commitment to regulation. But this impression is not shared by the entire bench.
The PT members also asked Hugo to reestablish the procedure for processing provisional measures, guarantee governability and respect for party proportionality in the spaces of the Chamber and, also, for the plenary agenda to be articulated together.
A group of deputies from the PL and the opposition, in turn, requested that the call, which deals with network regulation, not be taken to the plenary. The group dubbed the proposal the “censorship bill.”
It provides, among other points, for platforms to be held responsible for illegal content published by users. Approved in the Senate, it was processed in the Chamber in the first half of 2023, after the opposition gained ground in the debate.
Hugo has told interlocutors that he has not compromised with either party on this. According to reports, he recognizes that the topic is sensitive and any incisive position could remove one or another party from his candidacy.
Allies remember this issue, when he was still placing himself as a candidate to succeed Lira.
At an event in the United States, Pereira defended the progress of matters related to the fight against fake news and the regulation of artificial intelligence. For this reason, he was criticized by Bolsonaro’s allies.
The leader of the PL in the Chamber, Altineu Côrtes (RJ), states that the party has a “clear position” on the matter, but denies having had any conversations in this regard with Hugo. “We will always be against any project that is in the slightest against freedom of expression.”
Upon receiving support from PC do B, at the end of October, Hugo was asked about the Fake News PL. Representative Orlando Silva (SP), member of the bench, was the rapporteur of the matter in the Chamber and was present at his party’s announcement.
In his speech, Hugo highlighted Orlando’s “great work”, but said that “the environment inside the House” did not allow the project to move forward.
“Unfortunately, a narrative was created, they labeled the project in a way that ended up making the political environment here and its vote unfeasible. I believe that, reaching the presidency of the House, we will have to call the parties to discuss this issue”, said Hugo .
“Yes, there is a demand, especially from parties further to the left, that this issue is a priority. And we will, listening to everyone, make the decision at the right time,” he stated.
The PL left the Chamber’s voting radar after formulating a new proposal on the topic. But the collegiate.
In the opinion of congressmen, Hugo postponed the problem, but it will come to the surface in the Chamber under his presidency, if he is elected.
