Rogério Correia exposes the fiasco of the amnesty march in Brasília.
'This is how a country behaves when its government is working and it's almost at full employment,' the congressman stated. Video
247 - Federal deputy Rogério Correia (PT-MG) published a video on social network X to demonstrate the population's lack of sympathy for the proposal that provides amnesty to politicians involved in coup attempts.
"It's impossible to even walk around here in Brasília with this fiasco of the 'amnesty' march. It's packed! This is how a country behaves when it has a working government and is almost at full employment," the congressman wrote.
On September 17th, the Chamber of Deputies approved, in plenary session, a request for urgency in the processing of Bill (PL) 2162/2023, which proposes granting amnesty to those involved in the attacks of January 8, 2023. The vote ended with 311 deputies in favor, 163 against, and 7 abstentions.
The proposal, presented by Congressman Marcelo Crivella (Republicanos-RJ), provides for pardons "for participants in political demonstrations held between October 30, 2022, and the date the law comes into effect."
Members of parliament allied with Jair Bolsonaro (PL) argue that the amnesty measure should also include him. Bolsonaro was sentenced the previous week by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to a prison term exceeding 27 years.
'Full employment'
A topic highlighted by Correia in his publication, the unemployment rate in Brazil fell to 5,6% in the quarter ending in July, the lowest rate ever recorded since the beginning of the IBGE's historical series in 2012. In the previous period, the indicator was at 5,8%. The data was released this Tuesday by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
At the end of July, the country had 6,118 million unemployed people, the lowest number since the last quarter of 2013, when there were 6,1 million unemployed. Meanwhile, the total number of Brazilians with some form of employment reached a record high of 102,4 million.
The survey also highlighted a historic milestone in the number of workers with formal employment contracts, reaching 39,1 million. With this performance, the employment rate—the proportion of employed people in relation to the working-age population—remained at 58,8%, the highest percentage ever achieved.
The research conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) analyzes labor market behavior among people aged 14 and over, encompassing all types of employment—with formal contracts, without formal contracts, temporary, or self-employed. The institute considers unemployed only those who are actively seeking work. The nationwide survey visits approximately 211 households in all states and the Federal District.
The study also identifies the number of Brazilians outside the workforce, which totaled 65,6 million people, a number practically stable compared to the previous quarter. Meanwhile, the group of discouraged workers—those who have given up looking for work because they believe they will not find opportunities—fell by 11% during the period, reaching 2,7 million people.
The informality rate was estimated at 37,8%, slightly below the 38% recorded in the previous quarter. The July 2025 index is the second lowest in the historical series, surpassed only by July 2020 (37,2%), when, during the pandemic, the sharp decline in informal employment temporarily reduced this proportion. Even with the percentage decrease, the absolute number of workers without formal contracts increased, rising from 38,5 million to 38,8 million.