Good morning! At last, the Special House Committee on the pension reform will read the final report on the bill. The Brazilian Army paid tribute to a Nazi soldier. Carlos Bolsonaro (one of the president’s sons) lashes out at another general. Brazil prepares itself for 5G technology. And more.
The final pension reform report: what could still change
Today should see Congressman Samuel Moreira present his report on the pension reform bill before the House’s Special Committee. But the government will have to face the opposition’s attempts to block the vote, and a wish by centrists to postpone it. In the latter case, lawmakers want to make more changes to the bill—and have complained that the government has yet to fulfill its promise to finance projects sponsored by Congress.
What could still change in the pension reform
- State- and municipality-level servants were removed from the first draft of the report, as many local politicians have not supported the reform (despite their states being on the cusp of financial collapse). Speaker Rodrigo Maia is scrambling to include them, but the government seems to have thrown in...