Senator Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP), 41, was elected Speaker of the Senate Saturday (2) out of 42 votes, one more than the 41 needed for a candidate to win the vote in the first round. Of the 81 senators, they voted against 77.
This is the second time that the MDB loses an election to the presidency of the Senate since the end of the dictatorship. Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) attempted to become Speaker of the House for the fifth time. But he abandoned the candidacy in the elections because he understood the process as "delegitimate".
With the victory of Alcalumbre, the DEM begins to command the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. This Friday (1st), Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ) was re-elected mayor, also in the first round.
The result of the elections to the Senate is as follows:
Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP) – 42 votes
Esperidião Amin (PP-SC) – 13 votes
Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA) – 8 votes
Reguffe (without party DF) – 6 votes
Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) – 5 votes
Fernando Collor [Voir le discours du président du Sénat, David Da Alcolumbre] [Voir le discours du président du Sénat, Davi Alcolumbre] [3] [3]
Davi Alcolumbre
See speech of the Senate Speaker, Davi Alcolumbre
Shortly after the announcement of the victory, Davi Alcolumbre took over the presidency of the president, who congratulated all competitors, including Renan Calheiros.
"I want to tell Senator Renan Calheiros that he will give this presidency the same treatment that all other parties should have," he said.
The new Senate Speaker emphasized the importance of "reunification" of the House and declared that she will not carry out her work with a "revanchismo". According to him, the "condition of the opponents is" fleeting ", while the institutions are permanent.
" I also specify that I will not lead a Senate of revanchism. My opponents will all have a strong desire for dialogue and cooperation, "he declared.
Alcolumbre declared that, according to his conduct, the session in which he was elected president was "the last session of the secret, deceptive comfort of the secret ballot."
The parliamentarian baderted that there would be no high or low clergy senators in the House. "All the world will be treated with the utmost deference and respect, "he said.
Alcolumbre asks" an apology for the outrages that made the Senate less effective "and states that he would" a great public spirit "as president.
" I hope to be able to leave this Assembly with the country which is taking the traces, facing the complexity of the reforms and the urgency that our country demands ", he said.
In an interview with GloboNews, Alcolumbre stated that he economic agenda will be a priority for the Senate and has championed pension reform.
Asked about the alleged fraud in the presidential election, he said that he would determine the investigation on what happened.
The new Senate Speaker attributes victory to the renewal resulting from the October elections. "The change that comes from the polls is happening today in the Senate," he said.
On the government's proposal to strengthen the fight against corruption, President Alcolumbre said that the case would be dealt with in the Senate and that it would be badyzed as another by the commissions.
The session began Friday afternoon but was adjourned in the evening following a riot triggered by the open or closed debate and the challenge of the presence of David Alcolumbre (DEM-AP) – candidate to driving -. works. Alcolumbre badumed the presidency because, although he was a substitute, he was the only member of the board of directors of the previous legislature to have been re-elected.
While chairing the session, Alcolumbre invoked the Rules for the open poll, adopted by 50 votes to 2 and one abstention – 28 senators did not vote.
The allies of Senator Renan Calheiros (MDB-AL) – also a candidate – revolted against this decision, arguing that the vote violated the Constitution and the Senate Regiment, which provides for a secret ballot.
On the proposal of Senator Cid Gomes (PDT-CE), approved by a symbolic vote, the meeting was suspended shortly after 10 pm and postponed until Saturday morning. Alcolumbre agreed to leave the chair of the session as long as the result of the vote on the open ballot was respected.
But at dawn, the Solidarity and the BMD parties filed a lawsuit with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to quash the vote by Alcolumbre and the US Supreme Court. prevent candidates for the presidency of the Senate from leading the session.
At 3.45 am, Minister Dias Toffoli, President of the Tribunal, canceled the Friday evening voting procedure, ordered a secret ballot and sent the decision to Senator José Maranhão (MDB-PB), who: " as announced publicly ", order the session that will elect the Senate Speaker. The decision was made by Toffoli because the type of action presented is the responsibility of the president of the Supreme.
"I am convinced of the nullity of the result of the point of order, which brought about a real casuistic metamorphosis according to the standard of article 60 of the RISF [Regimento Interno do Senado Federal] because even if that happened by a majority, demand a nominal unanimous resolution of the plenary, which did not happen at this simple preparatory meeting, "wrote the minister in the decision.
He also pointed out in the "conflict of interest" decision whether an applicant is leading the voting process.
"The logical conclusion is that, as a constitutional and procedural imperative, a candidate declared to the presidency of the Senate, as in this case, can not preside at a preparatory meeting, private interests not having to not to encroach on the objectives of the Republic, there is undeniably a real conflict of interest, "he said.
Although the vote was secret, many senators in favor of open voting criticized in plenary the decision of the president of the STF and declared the vote at the microphone or they exhibited the ballot before presenting it in the ballot box.
Before the start of the voting process, nine candidates addressed the plenary. At this point, three senators – Alvaro Dias (DPRK), Major Olímpio (PSL-SP) and Simone Tebet (MDB-MS), who had just retired – resigned and expressed their support for Davi Alcolumbre.
With this, besides Renan Calheiros and Davi Alcolumbre, Senators Fernando Collor (Pros-AL), Reguffe (without political party), Angelo Coronel (PSD-BA) and Esperidião Amin -SC).
Once the vote is over, the counting stage has begun. But it was identified that the ballot box contained 82 votes – senators have 81. There were 80 envelopes with one ballot each and two ballots without envelopes.
It was therefore decided to cancel the first vote and to begin a second procedure. While the vote was taking place for the second time, Renan Calheiros went to the microphone and announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy. This has led to new disruptions and new discussions about whether or not to continue with this second voting process. The decision was to continue.
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