The telecommunications CPI is coming soon.
Brazilian federal deputies collect 171 signatures to investigate why the service provided by Vivo, TIM, Claro, and Oi is so expensive and so poor in Brazil.
BRASILIA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Members of Parliament submitted a request this Thursday to create a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) to investigate the rates and service provided by mobile phone operators in Brazil.
The presentation of the document, which received the support of more than 171 deputies, is the first step in a long journey until the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) is effectively created.
"It is pertinent that the main operators present their costs to justify such high prices for such inefficient service," explains Congressman César Halum (PSD-TO) in his motion.
After the signatures are verified, and the legal counsel of the Chamber's Board of Directors confirms that there is a relevant fact justifying the creation of the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry), the request enters a waiting list that already includes 11 other requests for the creation of CPIs.
The first items on the list will be analyzed by the General Directorate and the president of the House, Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), who will decide whether or not to create the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry).
Furthermore, there is a limit to the number of committees that can operate simultaneously. Only five CPIs (Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry) are allowed to work at a time.
Currently, there are three commissions of inquiry operating in the Chamber of Deputies.
(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello)