Regulation of Uber will return to the Chamber of Deputies, says Eunício.
The president of the Senate, Eunício Oliveira (PMDB-CE), said this Tuesday (31) that the project that regulates transport applications, such as Uber and Cabify, should undergo changes and will return to the Chamber; also this Tuesday, the Senate will try to vote on the proposal, which provides for periodic inspections of vehicles, minimum age for drivers, requirement of "clean record" for drivers, adoption of red plates and specific license to work.
247 - The president of the Senate, Eunício Oliveira (PMDB-CE) (photo), said this Tuesday (31) that the project that regulates transport applications, such as Uber and Cabify, should undergo changes and will return to the Chamber. Also this Tuesday, the Senate will try to vote on the proposal, approved in April, by the Chamber of Deputies.
The senators' strategy to expedite the bill's progress was to modify the text with drafting amendments – this would allow changes to the text without requiring it to be returned to the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate is also negotiating Michel Temer's veto of controversial sections of the bill. According to Eunício, there was no unanimity among party leaders to vote on the text received from the Chamber of Deputies, and therefore, amendments will be made to the text.
To organize the text with the amendments that may be voted on, Eunício appointed Senator Eduardo Lopes (PRB-RJ) as rapporteur. The text provides for periodic vehicle inspections, a minimum age for drivers, a requirement for a "clean record" for drivers, the adoption of red license plates, and a specific license to work.
While taxi drivers organized car parades in several cities across the country last week, users and drivers of ride-hailing services flooded senators' Facebook pages and emails with comments opposing the proposal. Furthermore, Uber, for example, invested in advertising against the proposal during prime-time television and sent emails to all registered users of the service, listing reasons why the text should be rejected. In the same email, the company asks for customer support to pressure senators from their respective states to vote against the House version of the bill.