The Senate’s locked agenda due to the urgency regime for tax reform regulation will not prevent the analysis, in the plenary, of Gabriel Galípolo’s nomination for the presidency of the Central Bank (BC).
Galípolo’s nomination is scheduled for October 8th.
Since September 23, the House’s agenda has been locked — that is, senators cannot vote on other proposals.
The government signaled that the urgency of the tax would be removed, but this has not yet happened.
Exclusive competence
According to the Senate, blocking the agenda will not prevent the analysis of Galípolo’s nomination in the plenary as it is an exclusive competence of the House. The understanding is the result of a May 2010 decision by the Presidency.
“The hypotheses of exercising the exclusive competence of the National Congress or the exclusive competence of the Federal Senate, which do not result in general and abstract norms, are free from overriding the agenda, as previously decided by the President of the House”, says the decision.
Projects sent by the Executive with constitutional urgency must be analyzed within 45 days.
The text officially reached the Senate on August 7th. The government’s intention was to guarantee the analysis of the project before the , scheduled for October.
Leaders in the Senate and the President of the House himself, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), were against the “hasty” analysis of the proposal and called for the urgency to be withdrawn. The text was approved in the Chamber of Deputies on July 10.
Gallipolo Sabbath
The president of the Senate’s Economic Affairs Committee, Vanderlan Cardoso (PSD-GO), scheduled the Galípolo hearing at the collegiate for next Tuesday (8).
During the hearing, Galípolo will answer questions from senators about his possible role as president of the BC. For the nomination to be approved by the committee, the votes of the majority of the committee members are required.
Afterwards, the nomination must be analyzed by the House plenary. The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, has already indicated that the vote in the plenary should also take place on Tuesday, after the commission’s hearing. The votes of 41 of the 81 senators are required.
Galípolo currently holds the position of director of Monetary Policy at the Central Bank. His nomination was made official on August 28. Since then, the economist has held meetings in the offices of several senators to ensure support.
