The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), announced this Tuesday (25) that the Plenary will vote on the gaming bill (PL), which allows the exploitation of bingos, casinos and Jogo do Bicho in Brazil after the parliamentary recess, starting in August.
Processing and debate of the casinos bill
The bill, which has already passed through the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ), will go directly to the Senate plenary.
Parliamentarians opposed to the project wanted the Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) to also analyze it, but Pacheco ruled out this possibility.
“This topic has completed the committee phase, now it’s time to actually find a date to discuss it in the plenary session of the Federal Senate. This topic has already been sufficiently thought out, who is in favor and who is against”, said the president of the Senate.
“Each person has their own arguments. It is very important that they submit to the vote,” he added.
Therefore, when asked about the possibility of voting on the project before the recess, Pacheco was clear in mentioning other priorities.
He suggested that debate sessions on the legalization of gaming could still take place. “It will depend on the mood of the leaders.”
“But perhaps it would be convenient to have thematic debate sessions in the Senate plenary, so that in the plenary session they could discuss experts who defend and oppose”, he explained.
Senate Priorities
Pacheco highlighted that the Senate must vote on other priority matters before the recess. However, the president of the House reiterated the inevitability of voting on the project.
“There’s no need to be in a hurry with this. We can vote perfectly after the recess. But it will be voted on, it will be, because, having passed through the Chamber, through the Senate’s CCJ, there is a pre-disposition from the Executive that we have to measure for the vote,” concluded.
Various sectors of society await this decision with great expectation. Therefore, the vote promises to be one of the most debated issues in the Senate after the parliamentary recess.
