"It's going to be a very big fight for us to maintain the veto," says Zarattini regarding dosimetry.

247 - The upholding of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's veto of the so-called sentencing law is likely to become one of the first and toughest battles in the National Congress at the start of this legislative year. This assessment comes from federal deputy Carlos Zarattini (PT-SP), who pointed to the unfavorable balance of power for the government and the need for political and social mobilization to prevent the veto from being overturned.

The analysis was conducted in an interview with the program Mario Vitor & Regina Zappa, on TV 247. According to Zarattini, the veto's review is inevitable due to constitutional requirements and should occur in the first session of Congress. "It will be a very big fight for us to maintain the veto," stated the congressman. 

According to the congressman, presidential vetoes are automatically placed on the agenda after the legal deadline. "According to the Constitution, vetoes must be voted on, and 45 days after the veto, they are included on the mandatory agenda of the National Congress," he explained. When questioned about the timeframe, he was direct: "It's consecutive days."

Zarattini highlighted that the vote takes place in a joint session of the Chamber and the Senate and that the vetoes end up blocking other deliberations. “The vetoes obstruct the agenda. If the government has any budget project it wants to vote on, it will first have to overcome the discussion of the vetoes,” he said. According to him, this makes the issue even more sensitive for the Executive branch at the beginning of the year.

When discussing political maneuvering, the congressman stated that the opposition is working to overturn the veto and that the scenario is adverse. "The opposition will do everything to ensure the veto is voted on and to try to overturn it," he declared. He reminded everyone that the requirement is high: "They need an absolute majority, 257 votes in the Chamber of Deputies and 41 votes in the Senate."

According to Zarattini, the difficulty stems from the broad approval of the original bill in Congress. "This bill was approved by a very large margin. The centrist bloc worked on this dosimetry bill," he stated. He also cited the rapporteurship process: "Paulinho da Força was the rapporteur chosen by President Hugo Mota and presented a very bad bill."

The congressman estimated the size of the competing blocs and stated that the government's loyal base is a minority. "The real government base, the one that consistently votes with the government, has approximately 130 deputies," he said. Regarding the opposing camp, he added: "Bolsonarism must have around 150 deputies." In this context, the centrist bloc appears as a decisive factor. "The centrist bloc made a deal with Bolsonarism to approve this project," he stated.

Given this scenario, Zarattini advocated for a strategy that goes beyond internal negotiations in Parliament. "It will be difficult, and we will need a lot of popular mobilization and mobilization on social media to be able to weather this storm," he declared. According to him, the dispute demands public clarification about the content of the bill and its effects. "We will have to explain what was approved in this bill and the impact it has," he said.

According to the congressman, the veto vote will not be merely a formality, but a test of political strength that could influence the entire government agenda in Congress. "It's inevitable that this discussion will take place right at the beginning of the legislative year," he concluded.