End of the 6x1 scale: Senate resumes discussion before voting in the 1st round

Senator Paulo Paim (PT-RS) was the first to speak and defended the proposal.

Next, senators Esperidião Amin (PP-SC), Damares Alves (Republicanos-DF), Veneziano Vital do Rêgo (MDB-PB) and Magno Malta (PL-ES) spoke. Damares stated that he should vote in favor of the PEC.

The fifth and final discussion session of the PEC is scheduled for this Wednesday (14), when senators must also vote on the text in the first round. To be approved at this stage, the proposal needs the support of at least 49 of the 81 senators. As it is a PEC, the text still needs to go through a second vote in the Senate.

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.

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)