Augusto Heleno at CPMI, new president of the STF and ‘task force’ in the Senate mark the week in Brasília

2023-09-25 03:00:20

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will have hip surgery on Friday, 29th; in the Judiciary, Supreme Court must finalize judgment on time frame

Gabriela Biló/Estadão Conteúdo Augusto Heleno should be questioned about the hypothesis of an anti-democratic conspiracy

The week in politics holds historical judgments, surgical procedures by authorities and pressure on the National Congress to approve priorities on the government’s agenda. At Chamber of Deputies, the Financial Inspection Commission receives the Minister of Human Rights, Silvio Almeida on Tuesday, 26, to provide clarifications on his statement that “would-be opponents of democracy and the Republic will not have a day of peace”, justifies the request of the deputy Evair Vieira de Melo (PP-ES). Also on Tuesday, CPI das Americanas SA will discuss and vote on the report by federal deputy Carlos Chiodini (MDB-SC), while the CPMI of January 8th welcomes General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira, former minister of the Institutional Security Office of the Bolsonaro government. In total, nine requests were presented to summon Bolsonaro’s former assistant, who must be questioned about the hypothesis of an anti-democratic conspiracy that would have culminated in the invasion of the Three Powers, in Brasília, at the beginning of the year.

No federal Senatethe focus of the week will be the approval of Provisional Measure (MP) 1176/2023, authored by the Executive, which creates and regulates the Unroll Brazil, debt renegotiation program. The Planalto Palace leaders are expected to act to approve the matter by October 3rd, the deadline for the text not to expire. ““We are moving against time. The project will be stopped and a program that has been successful. We have 60 million Brazilians in debt today. It is not acceptable to have this limbo, to have the program interrupted”, stated the leader of Lula 3 government in the National Congress, senator Randolfe Rodrigues (No party-AP). The parliamentarian confirmed that negotiations are underway with the rapporteur of the matter, Senator Rodrigo Cunha, to bring forward the debate in the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) and vote on the project this week, under penalty of a “serious interruption” in the program. The vote on Bill 2903/2023 on the demarcation of indigenous lands is scheduled for next Wednesday, the 27th, also in the CCJ of the Federal Senate. Last week, senator Marcos Rogério (PL-RO) read his opinion, but the assessment of the merits of the matter was postponed due to a request for review (more time to analyze) from a group of government senators.

No STF (Federal Supreme Court), in turn, the week will be marked by two facts. The plenary will resume the discussion of the extraordinary appeal, which also deals with the time frame of indigenous lands. By 9 votes to 2, the plenary has already rejected the understanding that original communities can only claim land already occupied on October 5, 1988, the date of promulgation of the Federal Constitution. Ministers need, however, to define compensation for non-indigenous people who occupy areas belonging to original peoples and possible compensation in cases where it is not possible to demarcate the claimed land. Furthermore, on Thursday, the 28th, minister Luís Roberto Barroso takes office as the new president of the Court. He will replace minister Rosa Weber, who will retire compulsorily on October 2nd. Minister Edson Fachin will be the new vice-president of the court. At the TSE (Superior Electoral Court), the week reserves the continuation and conclusion of the appeal presented by the defense of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) to overturn the decision that made the former president ineligible for 8 years. The conviction was due to the meeting held with ambassadors, in July last year, at Palácio da Alvorada, in which the former president made statements that created suspicions about the fairness of the electronic voting system. The minister Benedito Gonçalvesrapporteur of the action, has already expressed his rejection of the appeal, being followed by the minister André Ramos Tavares.

Closing the week, the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) will undergo surgery on Friday, the 29th, to place a prosthesis due to wear and tear on the femur. The president canceled two trips to São Paulo and Minas Gerais on medical advice. To the Jovem Pan website, interlocutors from Palácio do Planalto informed that the objective of canceling the appointments is “to prevent him from catching a virus” or something that could interfere with the treatment for hip pain. In July this year, Lula announced that he would undergo the surgical procedure and admitted that the pain has caused him a bad mood and, often, he is unable to hide it. “No one can work in pain all day. I feel like I’m in a bad mood with my teammates. I arrive at work, put my foot on the ground and it already hurts. I need to say good morning by smiling and I can’t speak. And it’s visible on my face that I’m irritated, I’m nervous,” she reported. At 77 years old, the president suffers from osteoarthritis. He had already been reinforcing his physical preparation for the femur surgery, recommended by the medical team at Hospital Sírio-Libanês, in São Paulo, where he performed “an infiltration due to discomfort in the hip”.