Dilma defends consensus against overturning vetoes.
"The government cannot define what Congress approves or disapproves. What the government can do is encourage and mediate. We seek the greatest possible consensus to avoid defeats that you cannot then control," said the president on Monday in an interview with radio stations in the ABC region, where she was to announce investments from PAC 2.
Luana Lourenço
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Brasilia - President Dilma Rousseff said today (19) that, given the new routine of the National Congress to evaluate presidential vetoes, the guidance is to negotiate as much as possible measures that depend on the Legislature to avoid defeats for the government with the overturning of vetoes.
"The government cannot define what Congress approves or disapproves. Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we don't. What the government can do is encourage and mediate. We seek the greatest possible consensus to avoid defeats that you can't control later," the president said in an interview with radio stations ABC and Brasil Atual.
After months without holding any session to consider presidential vetoes, Congress will meet next Tuesday (20), in the Chamber's plenary, to vote on 127 vetoes. These are six bills that were partially sanctioned or vetoed entirely by Dilma since July 9.
The analysis of vetoes, with a deadline of up to 30 days after their arrival in the Senate, was established in a resolution approved by parliamentarians in the first semester. "It is precisely because vetoes are being examined that it is important to understand that it is necessary to build a negotiation process. Without it, nothing can be lost and nothing gained," the president assessed.
During the interview, Dilma referred to two proposals currently being debated in Congress that address labor rights: the regulation of outsourcing and the elimination of the social security factor. In both cases, the government has dialogue tables that bring together workers and employers to discuss the proposals. According to the president, the government is negotiating, but will not relinquish rights already guaranteed to workers.
"We do not agree with and will not sponsor any process that compromises workers' rights, impacts collective bargaining, or makes labor relations and working conditions more precarious," he emphasized.
The president said that she is "willing to discuss any proposal, including the pension factor," as long as there are no losses for workers or for the pension system's finances. "Now, we made it clear to the [labor] unions: as long as any proposal made does not affect the financial sustainability of the pension system and does not jeopardize the retirement of workers who currently enter the system," she added.
Dilma participated in an announcement in São Bernardo do Campo regarding investments in the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) for cities in the Greater ABC region, and the delivery of 100 backhoe loaders to municipalities in São Paulo state.
Edited by: Juliana Andrade