Brazil, Lula announces reform for free public transport on weekends
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has announced the sending to Parliament of a constitutional reform proposal to guarantee free public transport on weekends in all cities with collective transport, linking it to the recent senatorial approval of the proposal to overcome the 6x1 work system and guarantee workers more free time with their families.
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The announcement comes after senatorial approval of a proposal to overcome the six-day-a-week system (6x1 scale), as part of a broader effort to improve conditions for Brazilian workers.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced today that he will send to Parliament a proposal for constitutional reform to guarantee free public transport on weekends in all cities of the country. The announcement, reported by local media, came the day after the Senate approved the proposal that aims to overcome the six-day-a-week work-one-day-off system, known as the 6x1 scale. In a message released on social media, Lula linked the two measures to the need to guarantee workers more free time to spend with their families.
"The Brazilian worker will have two days of rest for free time. I will send to Parliament a proposal for a constitutional amendment to guarantee free transport on weekends in all cities that have collective transport", declared the president of the Workers' Party (PT, left), who in ten days will face Flávio Bolsonaro, of the Liberal Party (PL, right) in the second round of the presidential elections.
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The proposed constitutional amendment will be discussed in Parliament within the next two weeks.
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Open Questions
- What is the exact text of the proposed constitutional amendment?
- How will free public transport at weekends be financed?
- Which cities are excluded from the initiative due to lack of collective transport?
- What is Congress's position on the proposal?
