Vanessa: the telecom companies' project is a Temer coup against public assets.
In an article, a senator denounces a maneuver by Michel Temer and his allies to hand over billions of dollars worth of physical infrastructure to telephone companies and even forgive fines levied against them; "This is happening at a time when the country is going through a serious economic crisis. The government is freezing public actions and programs and penalizing workers and retirees precisely under the pretext of eliminating public spending"; an appeal to the Supreme Court prevented the government from enacting the law; the bill was drafted by Goiás federal deputy Daniel Vilela (PMDB).
247 - Senator Vanessa Grazziotin (PT) states, in article published in Folha de S.PauloOn Tuesday, it was revealed that Michel Temer and his allies attempted one of the biggest blows against public assets and the Brazilian people: a billion-dollar gift to telephone companies. The bill drafted by Goiás congressman Daniel Vilela (PMDB) provides for the definitive handover of billion-dollar physical infrastructure to the telecom companies and also forgives fines, also in the billions, levied against the companies.
"This is happening at a time when the country is going through a serious economic crisis. The government is freezing public actions and programs and penalizing workers and retirees precisely under the pretext of eliminating public spending. In other words, sacrifices for the people; R$ 100 billion in generosity for the telecom companies. What an outrage!", writes the congresswoman.
Vanessa and other senators went to the Supreme Court and managed to block the law, which was already ready for Michel Temer's signature. The text passed through the Senate quickly and was not even debated in plenary session.
"Against this maneuver, we had no choice but to appeal and resort to the courts, since the project could not proceed only in the special committee without evaluation by the plenary. A true affront to our institution and to Brazil. Fortunately, at least this coup was thwarted, due to the immediate reaction of opposition parliamentarians and social movement entities."