The Chamber of Deputies approved this Wednesday (22), by 398 votes and 30 against, the urgency to vote on a draft resolution that creates the Christian parliamentary bench. The agenda was included on the agenda in the early afternoon by the President of the House, Hugo Motta (Republicans – PB), who stated that he will ensure a broad debate on the measure.
If the project is approved, the new bench, made up of evangelical and Catholic parliamentarians, will join the two others that already exist, the feminist and the black. In addition, the group leader will have the right to participate, with voice and vote, in the meetings of House leaders and to speak, personally or by delegation, during the weekly period of leadership communications.
The proposal was presented by the presidents of the evangelical and Catholic parliamentary fronts, respectively Gilberto Nascimento (PSD – SP) and Luiz Gastão (PSD – CE). According to the request, the formalization of the Christian bench in the Chamber’s Internal Regulations represents the recognition of a consolidated political and social reality and reaffirms Parliament’s commitment to plural representation.
