End of the 6x1 scale: Senate resumes debate this Tuesday; Voting is scheduled for Wednesday

The Senate resumes this Tuesday (13) the discussion of PEC 221/2019, which foresees the end of the 6x1 scale. This will be the fourth of five debate sessions planned before voting in the first round.

When announcing the closure, the president of the Senate stated that the matter will be included again on the agenda for continued discussion. The session ended after guidance from the leaders.

Senator Paulo Paim (PT-RS) is the first to speak in the third discussion session of the proposal. It opens the round of debates in the plenary.

The PEC that proposes the end of the 6x1 scale has already been approved by the Chamber and the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Senate. Now, it needs to be analyzed and voted on by the Senate plenary. The proposal will have to go through two rounds of voting and, in each of them, obtain at least 49 votes in favor, equivalent to three-fifths of the 81 senators. Only after that can it proceed for promulgation.

The president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), maintains the voting forecast next week, but said that, if there is a request to speed up the processing, he will submit it to the plenary.

The proposal reduces the maximum working hours from 44 to 40 hours per week, without salary reduction, and provides for two days of rest per week. Two more discussion sessions are still needed before voting in the 1st round. They are scheduled for Tuesday (13) and Wednesday (14)