Alcolumbre schedules analysis of licensing vetoes for this Thursday.
The session, confirmed by the president of Congress, takes place days before COP30 and could weaken environmental regulations.
247 - The president of Congress, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), confirmed that the vetoes of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) to the new environmental licensing law will be analyzed this Thursday (17). The vote takes place less than a month before the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP30), which will be held in November in Pará.
According to the g1The government is working to prevent the parliamentary decision from causing international backlash and weakening environmental legislation at a crucial time.
Gleisi and Randolfe warn of risks.
The Minister-Chief of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann (PT), spoke with Alcolumbre about the Planalto's concern. Senator Randolfe Rodrigues (PT-AP), the government's leader in Congress, reported: "I followed Minister Gleisi's conversation with Davi, and the first argument she presented was that it would not be comfortable for Brazil to host a climate conference and for us to have, on the eve of the event, the consideration of vetoes that would compromise environmental legislation."
Alcolumbre guaranteed that, even without analysis of the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO), environmental vetoes will be prioritized. Randolfe reinforced that the vote will take place with or without an agreement between the parliamentary groups.
Pressure from agribusiness and the productive sector
The negotiations involve the participation of the Civil House and representatives of agribusiness, including Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS), president of the joint committee responsible for the issue. She acknowledged the possibility of a partial agreement.
On the eve of the session, 89 business entities delivered a letter to Congress requesting the complete overturning of the vetoes. According to the Coalition of Productive Fronts, the cuts strike at the "heart" of the law and create legal uncertainty for new investments.
What is at stake
In August, Lula signed the law, but vetoed 63 points approved by Congress. Environmentalists defend the vetoes, arguing that the provisions could reduce oversight of high-impact projects and threaten traditional communities.
Alternatively, the government sent a bill and a provisional measure that created the Special Environmental License (LAE), a mechanism that accelerates the release of strategic projects without requiring a detailed environmental impact assessment.
Equatorial Margin
Alcolumbre has defended the LAE (Special Environmental Licensing Act) as essential to enabling oil exploration in the Equatorial Margin, a topic that generates controversy among environmentalists and parliamentarians. The provisional measure remains under analysis, chaired by Senator Tereza Cristina.
