End of the 6x1 scale: approval is Lula's trump card, but it will only have a strong effect if street mobilization is maintained

In a historic vote, the Senate definitively approved the proposed amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that ends the 6x1 scale, giving ammunition to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in this final stretch of the campaign.

The PEC gradually reduces the maximum working hours from 44 to 40 hours per week, guarantees two days of paid rest per week and prevents salary reductions. The proposal now needs to be promulgated by the National Congress.

Lula's allies highlight, however, that the measure alone does not guarantee a victory for the PT member and assess that it will have a more significant electoral effect if the street mobilizations are maintained.

Shortly after the approval of the PEC, still in the Senate plenary, parliamentarians linked to President Lula celebrated the decision, but warned that the end of the 6x1 scale will only have a significant effect if the flag is taken to street demonstrations.

“This decision is historic, it becomes an important asset for Lula, but it will have a significant effect if this flag is celebrated in street demonstrations”, said deputy Reginaldo Lopes (PT-MG).

The parliamentarian is confident that this will happen and that the tendency is for mobilizations to grow. He revealed that, in Minas Gerais, Lula's campaign command is activating leaders with the capacity to mobilize voters in this final stretch.

“We set goals for social leaders, those who have the capacity to bring people together in cities, so that they increase Lula’s vote in this second round,” added the deputy.

The senator was on a campaign agenda in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul and was present in the Senate at the time of the vote, after not having participated in the five discussion sessions of the proposal.

According to his allies, Flávio had no way out because voting against would represent exhaustion in this final stretch of the campaign.

These allies said, shortly after the vote in the Senate, that, if he wins the election, Flávio Bolsonaro will take measures to compensate companies for the increase in costs resulting from the measure.

“We have no intention of going back on the measure, the end of the 6 x 1 scale has been decided, but we will approve measures to compensate companies for cost increases and allow negotiations between businesspeople and workers to allow flexibility for some categories”, stated the PL leader in the Senate, senator Carlos Portinho (RJ).