Cunha wants new rules for political reform in 2016.

Agency Board - The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Eduardo Cunha, said this Friday (15) that he expects to conclude the voting on the political reform in the House by the end of May, so that some changes can be valid for the 2016 elections. During the edition of the Câmara Itinerante program in Belém (PA), he confirmed that the proposal will be the only item on the Plenary agenda in the last week of this month.

"We hope to conclude the voting on the political reform in May, so that it can go to the Senate and the senators can have time to analyze, revise or agree, and we can have time to consider the revision," he said.

The Traveling Chamber program aims to bring the Chamber of Deputies to citizens in different regions of the country, so that parliamentarians can hear local needs and expand the national legislative agenda. This Friday's edition was held in the auditorium of the Federation of Agriculture and Livestock of the State of Pará (Faepa).

Electoral system
Cunha considers it essential to change the system for electing deputies. "Nobody can stand having another election like the last one was done," he stressed. According to him, the current model generates distortions, such as the election of federal deputies who obtained only 200 votes and the non-election of others who had more than 100 votes. The parliamentarian defended the majority model known as "distritão," in which the most voted deputies in each state are elected.

According to him, the model does not weaken the parties, as critics of this system argue, due to the requirement of party loyalty. He also defended the idea that the replacement of seats should be done by the parties themselves, so that the parties are strengthened.

According to the president, the choice of election model will define how campaigns are financed. He argued that the reform should prohibit contributions from companies that have contracts with the public administration. Cunha also supported the idea of ​​holding municipal, state, and federal elections simultaneously starting in 2022.

Federative pact
The Speaker of the House also spoke about the new federal pact under discussion in the House, which he intends to vote on by the end of the year. According to Cunha, municipalities are currently obligated to cover various expenses created by the Constitution and by decisions of the federal government. "We have to define the obligations of each entity and what revenue will finance each of those obligations," he explained. "After that, the consequence will be a tax reform," he added.

The rapporteur of the Special Commission for the Reform of the Federal Pact, Deputy Andre Moura (PSC-CE), stated that he will present a final report on the proposal this semester. During the Itinerant Chamber session, Cunha announced that Moura will also be the rapporteur for PEC 172/12, by Deputy Mendonça Filho (DEM-PE), which prohibits the Union from delegating the provision of services to states or municipalities without a legal provision for the transfer of necessary resources.

The president highlighted that the Chamber's Board created the special committee last Thursday (14) to analyze the PEC – a proposal that he considers complementary to the federal pact.

Outsourcing
The press questioned Cunha about the protests against the outsourcing bill (PL 4330/04), which were taking place outside Faepa during the Itinerant Chamber. The president explained that the bill had been under consideration in the Chamber for 11 years before being approved by the deputies last month.

"The Supreme Federal Court is analyzing a direct action of unconstitutionality on the matter and has asked the Chamber to legislate on the subject, to prevent the final decision of the STF from having a damaging effect on workers," he said. "If the resolution of the Superior Labor Court is declared unconstitutional, outsourced workers in both core and support activities will be left without any regulation. 90% of the articles in the approved bill protect workers' rights," he concluded. According to him, the demonstration is led by a "small group with political interests."