"The Incra/Funai CPI is designed to criminalize social movements"
Federal Deputy João Daniel (PT) denounced, during the Chamber session this Wednesday (6), the secretive way in which the meeting of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) of Incra/Funai was held today; for the parliamentarian, this CPI has the sole purpose of trying to approve the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) 215 – which deals with the demarcation of indigenous and quilombola lands – and the criminalization of social movements; “Its objective is to target the poorest, the Indians, when it seems that there is a siege set up from the interests of the Palace, the rural caucus, the conservative sectors, to attack those who are the most suffering, most discriminated against, who have suffered throughout the history of our country,” he said.
Sergipe 247 - Federal deputy João Daniel (PT) denounced, during the Chamber session, this Wednesday (6), the secret way in which the meeting of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) of Incra/Funai was held today. For the parliamentarian, this CPI has the sole purpose of trying to approve the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) 215 – which deals with the demarcation of indigenous and quilombola lands – and the criminalization of social movements.
In his speech, João Daniel noted that he has been following several debates about the actions of Michel Temer's interim government, and that he has been particularly concerned about the Incra/Funai Parliamentary Inquiry Commission. "Its objective is to target the poorest, the indigenous people, when it seems there is a siege being set up based on the interests of the Presidential Palace, the rural caucus, and conservative sectors, to attack those who have suffered the most, the most discriminated against, who have suffered throughout the history of our country," he said.
According to the congressman, indigenous people have international recognition and respect. He lamented the treatment they have received and the attempt to approve Constitutional Amendment Proposal 215 and criminalize the movements, which is the sole purpose of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI). “A session called 'reserved,' 'secret,' was set up today, and the most experienced parliamentarians in this House denounced that this has never happened before. The objective is to target the Catholic Church, the Indigenous Missionary Council [CIMI], the defenders of indigenous peoples, and to attack organizations that defend the rural poor. That is the objective of the Presidential Palace, of the coup government,” he stated.
João Daniel warned that the rural caucus knows the price agribusiness will pay if it lends itself to financing the massacre against the indigenous peoples of this country. “It’s a warning and a denunciation we want to make. It’s in the Bible and throughout human history that those who persecute and massacre the poor will face the consequences. I hope that those who used and are using this CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) to persecute and massacre the defenders of the rural poor will withdraw what they did today, and that we from the PT, PSOL, and PCdoB withdraw, not recognizing this CPI,” he declared.