Nilo remains committed to finishing his 60-day vacation.
"I will present and put to a vote a request to reduce vacation time to 30 days. The idea is that the term ends on December 30th instead of December 15th and begins on February 1st instead of February 15th," states the president of the Assembly, Deputy Marcelo Nilo (PDT); furthermore, he promises to dock the pay of parliamentarians who are absent without justification; will this cause a stir?
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The president of the Legislative Assembly of Bahia, Deputy Marcelo Nilo, from the PDT party, has already made history in the parliament by leading the House for a fourth consecutive term, but he is still not satisfied and wants to break another taboo.
The proposal from the PDT (Democratic Labour Party) member is somewhat delicate and may upset many people, but he takes it seriously. Nilo wants to end the emblematic 60-day consecutive vacation period for parliamentarians and institute a 30-day period, just like all ordinary citizens, Brazilian workers.
"I will present and put to a vote a request to reduce the vacation period to 30 days. The idea is that the term ends on December 30th instead of December 15th and begins on February 1st, instead of February 15th," said the president of the Assembly at the session that opened the 2013 legislative period this Friday.
Furthermore, Marcelo Nilo also promises to dock the pay of deputies who are absent without justification.
With these measures, if he manages to put them into practice and make them known, the PDT member would gain the sympathy of many Bahians for his project to succeed Governor Jaques Wagner (PT) in 2014.