Protesters storm the Chamber's plenary session.

247, with Agência Brasil - The plenary of the Chamber of Deputies was invaded on Tuesday night (20) by demonstrators who defend the approval of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) 300, which establishes the national minimum wage for military police and firefighters, and also by those who defend maintaining the veto on the Medical Act. With shouts of slogans, they occupied the seats reserved for deputies for about half an hour and three times interrupted the speech of the president of the House, Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), who was trying to convince them to leave, with boos and shouts.

Because of the protesters' actions, the Speaker of the House, Representative Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), suspended the session until the activists left. Since early afternoon, supporters of PEC 300 had been occupying the Green Room of the Chamber to pressure for the proposal's approval. Later, the group that supports vetoing the Medical Act also managed to enter the room.

"Hey, congressman, go get treated at the SUS (Brazilian public healthcare system)," was one of the chants directed at Alves, who became irritated and threatened to remove one of the projects defended by the protesters from the voting agenda. "The invasion was neither a democratic nor a respectful act," emphasized Henrique Alves. The issue that mobilized the largest number of protesters was the so-called Medical Act. Opponents and supporters of the measure almost came to blows after a series of provocations from both sides. 

Filling the Green Room, they literally shouted at each other to gain the support of deputies and senators, who will vote tonight in a joint session on President Dilma Rousseff's vetoes of the Medical Act. The president vetoed a provision that stipulated that only doctors could prescribe medications and make diagnoses. Groups formed by psychologists and nutritionists, among others, are pressing for the veto to be upheld. In the verbal dispute in the Green Room, the group of psychologists called the doctors "butchers," who, in turn, retorted with "charlatans."

There were also about 50 fingerprint experts, a category responsible for some police investigations, who were also presenting their demands. They are asking for the veto of President Dilma to be overturned on the bill, approved in Congress, that placed fingerprint experts in the same category as other experts, such as forensic doctors and criminal experts. This veto, however, is not yet on the congressional voting agenda. It is only expected to be considered in September.