House approves urgency for bill that punishes deputies for obstruction of sessions
The House of Representatives approved, on Tuesday (19), the processing under a resolution project that allows the punishment of parliamentarians trying to obstruct or prevent the functioning of legislative activities.
The proposal is a direct reaction to protests by opposition deputies who occupied the plenary for more than 30 hours in support of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), currently in house arrest.
With the approval of the urgent request, for 266 votes in favor, 114 against and an abstention, the project may be voted directly in the plenary, without passing through the thematic committees of the house.
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Immediate punishment and suspension
According to the text presented by the Board of Directors, the objective is to curb behaviors that threaten the institutional order of the Chamber. The proposal provides for the possibility of suspension of the mandate for up to six months for parliamentarians who, by physical action or other means, prevent the progress of sessions or assault colleagues within the home’s premises.
The application of the punishment may be determined immediately by the Mayor, or by those who are replacing it, in cases considered exceptional.
“The recent and serious episodes of the plenary table of this House, as well as physical confrontations among parliamentarians are manifestly incompatible with the dignity of the mandate and the very foundations of the Democratic Rule of Law,” says the justification of the Bureau.
Criticizing Opposition Measurement
The proposal generated reactions between opposition parliamentarians, which see in the extent an attempt to curtail the right to manifest. Deputies contrary to urgency claimed that the text can open a breach for political persecution and compromise freedom of expression within parliament.
Despite the protests, most party leaders supported the accelerated vote. The expectation of the mayor, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), is that the final text will be taken to plenary later this week.
