Opposition leader tries to overturn Temer's new decree targeting the Amazon.
The leader of the opposition in Congress, Deputy Décio Lima (PT-SC), filed a draft legislative decree on Tuesday, the 29th, with the general secretariat of the Chamber of Deputies that could annul the two decrees issued by the Temer government that extinguish the National Copper Reserve (Renca); another initiative came from Deputy Nilto Tatto (PT-SP), president of the Environment and Sustainable Development Commission, who filed two legislative actions to revoke the decree.
247 - The leader of the Opposition in the National Congress, Deputy Décio Lima (PT-SC), filed this Tuesday, the 29th, with the general secretariat of the Chamber of Deputies a draft legislative decree that could annul the two decrees of the Temer government that extinguish the National Copper Reserve (Renca).
The leader explains that the project will now be analyzed by the Constitution and Justice Committee.
"The Temer government tried to deceive the Brazilian people by publishing a new decree that removes the environmental reserve status of Renca and opens it up for mineral exploration. This is an act of surrender by Temer, who is handing over the Amazon and our country to foreign capital. Yet another act that harms the indigenous community, the environment, and above all, national sovereignty," he said.
Another congressman, Nilto Tatto (PT-SP), president of the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee, has filed two legislative initiatives to have the decree revoked.
Legislative Decree Project number 750 suspends the effects of the presidential decree, based on article 49, item V of the Federal Constitution. It notes that the president exceeded his regulatory limits by ordering the extinction of a Mining Reserve, established to protect Brazil from a potential shortage of minerals found in the region, without consulting the National Defense Council.
The initiative also highlights what is established in article 91, paragraph one, item three, of the Constitution, which determines that any proposal to change this reserve must be submitted to the National Defense Council for consideration.
As chairman of the Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, Representative Nilto Tatto also proposes, with the assistance of the Federal Court of Accounts, that oversight and control be carried out regarding the effects of the revocation of RENCA, especially in protected areas.
The presidential decree establishes that a region of approximately 47 square kilometers between Pará and Amapá is open for the extraction of gold and other precious minerals. Within this same area, there are protected forest areas and indigenous reserves.
The enclosed area is larger than Denmark and equivalent in size to the state of Espírito Santo, or eight times the size of the Federal District. The leader emphasized that the opposition bloc will try all legal and judicial avenues to preserve the Amazon.