The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved the pension reform – Telam

The first of two votes needed to approve the text defining the general framework of the reform, reached in the Chamber of Deputies with the support of 379 parliamentarians, against the rejection of 131.

Thus, the necessary three-fifths (308 out of 513 votes) were exceeded, which requires a constitutional amendment such as the proposal, whose parliamentary procedure is complex and requires several votes.

The legal framework of the reform, which proposes to tighten access to pensions looking for a tax saving of the order of $ 265 billion over ten years, can still be done. subject to change, because MPs must now define the situation in which they will stay. specific sectors, the Brazilian and EFE agencies reported.

Among them, the ruling party insists that the reform reaches the municipal and regional areas, which were excluded from the version approved Wednesday, while they appeared in the initial draft.

Once these debates are exhausted, the deputies gathered in plenary badembly will submit the reworked project to a new vote and, if it again approves it by 308 votes at least, it will be able to send it to the Senate which will examine it during the second half of this year.