One scandal is not enough for Brasilia

In past few days, the Brazilian population is astonished with the reports of corruption in the country’s politics.

In past few days, the Brazilian population is astonished with the reports of corruption in the country’s politics. Whether by the decision of Rodrigo Janot, Attorney General, denouncing several politicians of the current and former government’s leadership; including former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Roussef for gang formation and diverting public resources from Petrobras, BNDES and the Ministry of Planning. Janot’s request to investigate omission of information by JBS executives awarded dalation,Â led to the preventive detention of executives Joesley Batista and Ricardo Saud. There also is the testimony of former Minister Antonio Palocci who testified to the involvement of former President Lula in Odebrecht corruption cases. And the discovery of a “bunker” with more than 51 million reais in an apartment in Bahia linked to the former minister Geddel Vieira Lima (PMDB), who was under house arrest and is now imprisoned in Brasilia.

The repercussions in Brasilia of such facts must take account of this weeek’s agenda, manifestations are expected in the Legislative of both; the opposition and the situation. The omission of information by JBS’s executives should weaken the possible new arraingment against President Michel Temer, which is expected later this week, on Rodrigo Janot’s last days as Attorney General. However, the government should remain cautious on matters with little consequence in the ongoing work within the National Congress.

It is expected a great commotion, with the presence of politicians, manifestants and supporters in general, on Wednesday, the 13th, with the testimony of former President Lula to Judge Sergio Moro in Curitiba. It is also expected that the Workers’ Party (PT) congressman and women will travel to Curitiba to support Lula.

In Congress, Rodrigo Maia (DEM / RJ) returns to the Presidency of the House, which, with a lack of consensus in many themes, has not deliberated much of his work. An example is the Social Security Reform, which is already considered left asside for lack of supporters (minimum 308 votes in the House); besides the Political Reform.

However, this week’s themes are the same to be deliberated in recent weeks: the proposal for a more lenient political reform – PEC 282/2016 – which prohibits coalitions in proportional elections (deputies and councilmen) for 2018 elections and creates a performance clause for those who are elected; in addition to the Provisional Measure (MP 783/2017), which allows the payment of debts to the Union, both individuals and legal entities (Refis).

About the Political Reform that establishes the “big district” (district votes) for the 2018 and 2020 elections and the “mixed district” in 2022; in addition, the creation of a Â fund filled with public resources to fund campaigns (PEC 77/2003) is in the list of projects without parliamentarian consensus, but it was included in the Congress Plenary agenda for deliberation.

Among this week’s committees, we highlight the internal works meeting to the Special Committee for Commercial Code (PL 1572/2011) that will analyze the text of rapporteur, Mr Paes Landim (PTB / PI), on Wednesday, the 13th. The presentation of the report by Mr. Rogério Marinho (PSDB / RN) for the work under the Special Commission for Health Plans (PL 7419/2006), is expected to happen this week.

In the Senate Plenary there is no matter of great mediatic relevance, but some agreements and international treaties can be deliberated, as well as a project that establishes a procedure for the recomposition of credit for rural debts (PLS 354/2001).

However, the focus of the Senate will be at the meeting where the rapporteur of the JBS Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (JPC) will be appointed. This Comission will investigate irregularities involving JBS in BNDES operations between 2007 and 2016. On Tuesday a meeting will also deliberate calls for the testimony of JBS executive Joesley Batista, the Attorney General of the Republic Rodrigo Janot, the Minister of Finance Henrique Meirelles, among others.

Other CPIs in the Senate will meet this week: from the BNDES on Tuesday with a public hearing with Superintendent of Corporate Relations of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), Mr. Fernando Soares Vieira; and Social Security plans that will meet on Thursday in Sao Paulo State Legislature. The audience will be held with representatives of the Brazilian Federal Judges Association, the National Treasury Attorney, the Paulista Public Prosecution Association, the National Association of Federal Revenue Auditors of Brazil (ANFIP) and the National Association of Tax Auditors of the Federal Revenue of Brazil (Unafisco Nacional).

Also noteworthy for the Special Subcommittee for Rare Diseases, which will discuss its work plan on Tuesday, the 12th.

Finally, meetings of the committees that analyze some of the provisional measures published as MP 779/2017, which makes payment of airport concessions flexible, are scheduled for this week; MP 782/2017, which gives ministry status to the General Secretariat of the Presidency; MP 785/2017, which reformulates the Student Financing Fund (FIES); MP 789/2017, which amends legislation on Financial Compensation for the Exploration of Mineral Resources – CFEM; MP 790/2017, which expands the search time and requires environmental responsibility from miners; MP 791/2017, which created the National Mining Agency – ANM; and MP 793/2017, it allows the renegotiation of Funrural liabilities.

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