The Commission for the Constitution and Justice (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies will resume this Tuesday (April 23rd) the examination of the rapporteur’s opinion, Delegate Marcelo Freitas (PSL-MG), on pension reform. Pressed by parties of the ruling base, the parliamentarian may present a complementation.

“What we are trying to work on is the construction of a consensus that allows us to discuss a final text that serves the interests of Brazilian society without dismissing the text proposed by the government. We’re still studying this. 13 separate reports that were made”, said Freitas, following Wednesday’s session (17th), when the opinion was scheduled to be voted on.

The initial project was to vote on the report on the admissibility of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) 6/19 last week, but tumultuous sessions made voting unfeasible. In one of them, the reform proposal was discussed in the collegiate for over 12 hours.

Government leader in Congress, Joice Hasselmann (PSL-SP) said that Palácio do Planalto does not calculate how many votes it would have in the commission but has assured that it already meets the minimum requirement for the continuation of the proposal in the House. “We have the necessary votes; we have 43 votes. We’re going to pass this [the CCJ]”, she said.

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