Congress meets this Friday to review presidential vetoes

With deputies and senators already in recess, the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), confirmed that this Friday (17) there will be a session of the National Congress for the consideration of 29 presidential vetoes. The list includes vetoes dealing with the privatization of Eletrobras (36/2021) and those concerning the definition of the crime of deceptive mass communication ( fake news ) and attacks on the right to demonstrate (46/2021).

Related to health, the agenda has vetoes to three proposals: on breaking patents on vaccines and medicines to fight the covid-19 pandemic (48/2021), on the Program for the Protection and Promotion of Menstrual Health (59/2021), in addition to providing access to chemotherapy treatments for users of health plans (41/2021).

According to Pacheco, the government's leader in Congress, senator Eduardo Gomes (MDB-TO), will participate, today, in meetings with party leaders in search of the “best possible agreement”. “The government leader will hold a meeting with the leaders to assess the vetoes who have an agreement to vote, and this work is happening today to reach the best possible agreement. If there is no agreement, then it goes to the vote, and the majority vote is decided”, said the senator.

Budget

Another matter that needs to be considered is the 2022 budget piece. Rodrigo Pacheco said that congressmen await the conclusion of the work of the Mixed Budget Committee (CMO) so that the matter is taken to the plenary. Officially, deputies and senators can only start the parliamentary recess after voting on the text, which should take place next Monday (20).

Heifer

Upon arriving at the Senate this Thursday morning (16), Pacheco said that the departure of Fernando Bezerra Coelho (MDB-PE) from the Senate government leadership was a great loss for the government, after taking third place in the dispute. a vacancy as a minister at the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).

“I followed, throughout this year of 2021, me, as president of the Senate, and he [Bezerra], as government leader. I've always had a very good relationship, very close, with a lot of work and a lot of reciprocity as well. He has a lot of quality, [is] very dedicated, took good care of the agenda, went deep into the projects. He was a great supporter and great leader of the government in the Federal Senate. The government, obviously, will have to find a name that can be equivalent to that of Fernando Bezerra”, he affirmed.

Plenary

On the last Thursday of the year, dedicated to voting on consensual proposals in the Senate plenary, among requests for public hearings, indications of authorities for various bodies, credit operations and bills in the area of transport and energy, 17 proposals were approved in the House.

Text translated using artificial intelligence.