Scale 6x1 can go to complementary law, without the need for PEC
Government leader in the Senate states that exceptions to the 6x1 scale would be dealt with by complementary law, while the rapporteur proposes to separate PEC from Security from the age of criminal responsibility.
BY THE X-TRADER NEWS NEWSROOM · REPORTING FROM ESTADÃO · 2 MIN
According to Estadão, the assessment within the Executive is that it is not justified to create another proposed amendment to the Constitution to detail the loopholes in the 6x1 scale. The vision was exposed on Tuesday, 3, by Teresa Leitão (PT-PE), who leads the government in the Senate. The path indicated, as determined, is different: the exceptions provided for in Constitutional Amendment 141 would be dealt with by a complementary bill.
The choice of instrument is not a technical detail. A PEC directly changes the Constitution and usually requires a longer procedure and a higher quorum, while a complementary bill is processed under different rules. Therefore, the decision defines not only the format of the rule, but also the deadline and political cost of eventual approval.
According to InfoMoney, the Senate approved a new Public Security PEC. On the eve of the vote, the senators reached an understanding to try to put on the agenda in the plenary, on Wednesday (4), the debate on lowering the age at which a young person responds criminally as an adult.
The same source reports that Rogério Carvalho (PT-SE), who reports on the Public Security PEC, suggested that the two matters be processed separately: on the one hand the Security PEC, on the other the issue of criminal age. The proposal had already been anticipated by Estadão.
What is at stake is the predictability of the legislative agenda. Separating the process allows one matter to progress without depending on the other, which can change the rhythm of voting on different topics in the same plenary. At the same time, the definition of the instrument to the 6x1 scale shows that the government seeks to avoid a more demanding constitutional path.
What changes for the investor
For those who follow the stock market, interest rates and the dollar, the initial effect tends to be on expectations, and not on numbers already released. The exchange between PEC and complementary law changes the time it would take for the market to price a possible change in working hours. Separating the security and criminal majority agendas can redistribute the plenary's attention between topics that have a different impact on the economic agenda. It is worth following the Senate calendar and upcoming votes, without this representing a recommendation to buy or sell assets or a projection of prices.
Automatically translated from Portuguese.
