The President of the House, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), spoke this Tuesday after the episode during which MP Glauber Braga (PSOL-RJ) left the presidency. The episode led to the cutting of the TV Câmara signal, the expulsion of the press from the stands and a riot in the Green Room, worsening the president’s political exhaustion.
Motta struck a harsh tone when commenting on Glauber’s occupation of the seat, a move that lasted about an hour and came on the eve of the vote on the parliamentarian’s impeachment request. According to him, the scene will no longer be tolerated:
— The chair does not belong to me, it belongs to the Republic and democracy. The MP can do many things, but he cannot do everything.
Legislative police were called in to remove Glauber, leading to shoving, accusations of assault and criticism as the plenary closed. The decision to expel journalists and advisers intensified the revolt by grassroots and left-wing opposition parties, who accused Motta of violating the rules and setting a dangerous precedent.
Leaving the plenary, Glauber said he would stay “to the limit of his strength” and accused Motta of adopting different treatment than that applied to Bolsonaro supporters who occupied the board in 2023. He then consulted a doctor.
Motta, however, refuted these accusations and said his responsibility was to maintain order:
— The President of the House is not responsible for the acts which brought the indictments to the plenary, but for the maintenance of order. I will not allow the rules to be upset.
The turmoil has created an environment of uncertainty for votes scheduled for this evening. The government’s articulation is trying to postpone the analysis of the PL Dosimetry, after the statements of the rapporteur Paulinho da Força according to which the text could reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s sentence to two years and three months in a closed regime. The persistent debtor project, another Planalto priority, also risks not moving forward.
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