by João Marcelo
SAO PAULO – President Jair Bolsonaro (without party) received last Wednesday, February 3, the new elected presidents of the Federal Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (Democrats – DEM-MG) and of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira (party progressive – PP-AL), for a meeting at the Planalto Palace, seat of the federal government. This was the first meeting between Bolsonaro and parliamentarians after Congressional elections. Both had the support of the president. At the meeting, Bolsonaro presented 35 projects that he would like to be approved by the National Congress later this year.
The document includes projects such as tax reform, administrative reform, privatization of Eletrobrás, mining in indigenous lands, expansion of the possession of weapons, revision of the drug law, among others.
“It is a great satisfaction to receive the new president of the Chamber and the new president of the Senate. We exchange impressions. That dialogue did not start today. It started earlier, during campaigns. We present a suggested agenda. And you can be absolutely sure: the climate is the best possible ”, declared the president shortly after the meeting. Although the list was organized into themes, Bolsonaro indicated 20 projects that are a priority for processing in the Chamber and another 15 that the government believes are a priority in the Senate.
The document was prepared by the Government Secretariat, led by Minister Luiz Eduardo Ramos, and was divided into short-term guidelines, guidelines for resuming investments and customs guidelines. The latter with the purpose of pleasing the ideological wing and also loyal supporters of Bolsonarism
On the same day, during the opening session of the legislative year in the National Congress, Bolsonaro was called genocidal by opponents of his government in the face of the Federal Government’s performance in relation to the pandemic and the number of deaths due to Covid-19. Brazil has already surpassed 220 thousand deaths by the new Coronavirus. In response, the president’s supporters retorted, calling it a myth,