Opposition in the Senate will appeal to the Supreme Court against the Provisional Measure.
DEM and PSDB will attempt to overturn the session currently analyzing the Ports Provisional Measure with a preliminary injunction in the Supreme Court; "What is happening is an imposition of procedural rules on the senators, which removes the Senate's role as a revising chamber," criticized the leader of DEM, José Agripino Maia (RN); "Once again we are subject to the imposition of the federal government," attacked the pre-candidate for president from PSDB, Aécio Neves (MG); the final text was approved in the Chamber this morning.
Marcos Chagas
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Brasilia - The DEM and PSDB parties will attempt to overturn the Senate session currently analyzing Provisional Measure (MP) 595, the Ports MP, with a preliminary injunction filed with the Supreme Federal Court (STF). The document is in its final stages and will be submitted to the STF electronically.
The leader of the Democrats, José Agripino Maia (RN), said that the writ of mandamus will request the Supreme Court to suspend the processing of the Provisional Measure in the Senate so that the House fulfills its constitutional role as a revising chamber of Parliament. "What is happening is an imposition of procedural rules on the senators, which removes the Senate's role as a revising chamber."
Agripino also said that the Senate cannot deliberate on a provisional measure of such importance within a ten-hour timeframe. The writ of mandamus has the support of the PSDB leader, Aloysio Nunes Ferreira (SP). The two senators are seeking the support of other parliamentarians who also criticize this procedure imposed on the House.
To try to resolve the issue, the president of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), stressed that "the exceptionality and excess of precedents will not be repeated." According to him, what is required of the Senate is the withdrawal of its constitutional role. However, senators from almost all parties maintain their criticism of the frequent opening of precedents in the summary processing of provisional measures.
Edited by: Davi Oliveira