Government expects meeting between Teresa Leitão and Alcolumbre this week

The Palácio do Planalto hopes that the new leader of the government in the Senate, Teresa Leitão (PT-PE), will meet this week with the president of the House, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), while making the last efforts towards the approval of the PEC (proposed amendment to the Constitution) on the end of the 6×1 scale before the parliamentary recess, scheduled to begin on July 18.

Teresa asked the president of the Senate for the meeting last Thursday (25), shortly after being announced for the position previously held by Jaques Wagner (PT-BA). So far, however, the date of the meeting has not been finalized.

The new leader has already met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and the minister of SRI (Secretariat of Institutional Relations) to align on the government's strategy this Monday (29). The total priority is to unlock the PEC already approved by the Chamber of Deputies in May this year.

According to palace sources, optimism about the possibility of approving the PEC by the recess has diminished in recent days. President Lula's aides are considering the short period of time, three weeks, until the recess, and already admit that Alcolumbre should not give in to pressure.

Interlocutors still assess that the senator is waiting for a face-to-face meeting with the head of the Executive to unlock them, as the relationship has not been calmed since the historic rejection of Jorge Messias' nomination to the STF (Supreme Federal Court).

The good relationship between Teresa Leitão and Alcolumbre, however, is considered by a wing of Planalto as an asset in the attempt to unlock the text.

The Senate scheduled a thematic session for next Wednesday (1st) to discuss the economic and social impacts of the end of 6×1. There is also an expectation that the discussions may be a source of pressure for the process.

The PEC reduces working hours from 44 to 40 hours per week, with two days of rest, and establishes the gradual implementation of the scale over 14 months.

The government hopes to approve the agenda before this year's elections, in order to use the text as a political flag in a nod to the working class.

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Source: CNN