Commission approves MP that restructures ministries and empties Environment and Indigenous Peoples portfolios

Approved report

The report was approved by 15 votes to 3. The proposal will now be voted on in the plenary sessions of the Chamber and Senate.

The text, edited by the government, needs to be approved in both Houses until next week, because the MP will expire on June 1st.

The rules established in provisional measures must be approved by Congress within 120 days to avoid losing their effectiveness.

Why do the changes empty the ministries of the Environment and Indigenous Peoples?

*Competence over the demarcation of indigenous lands

Among the changes, proposed by deputy Isnaldo Bulhões (MDB-AL), is the withdrawal of the management of demarcation of indigenous lands of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, headed by Sonia Guajajara, which would pass to the Ministry of Justice, commanded by Flavio Dino.

In a hearing in the Chamber of Deputies, this Wednesday (24), the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, criticized the proposal, saying it was 'one of the worst signs'. 'We are saying that indigenous people have no exemption to do what is best for themselves in relation to the demarcation of their lands', said Marina. (g1)

In an interview with Congress in Focus, Minister Sônia Guajajara said that the change empties the powers of her ministry. “This change to the MP is an absurd setback”, she considers. “It is the total emptying of the ministry. That's our main agenda there. We are in coordination with government leaders and the rapporteur so that we can present a new proposal that does not completely remove this prerogative, so that the ministry continues to articulate this demarcation process”, highlighted the minister.

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In interview with GloboNews, the MP rapporteur contested Marina Silva’s statement: “she is positioning herself out of context”. According to Bulhões, the transfer of the demarcation policy to the Ministry of Justice seeks to provide “impartiality” to the processes.

* Other changes

Bulhões' proposal also suggests transferring the management of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) from the Ministry of the Environment to the Ministry of Management and Innovation. The CAR is used to maintain a registration base for rural properties and control deforestation.

The regulation of issues related to basic sanitation would continue to be the responsibility of the National Water Agency. However, according to the report, the body previously linked to the Ministry of the Environment would be transferred to the Ministry of Regional Integration and Development.

Furthermore, according to the proposal, the Ministry of Cities will receive the management of information systems previously under the responsibility of Minister Marina Silva:

• the National Basic Sanitation Information System – Sinisa;
• the National Information System on Solid Waste Management – ​​Sinir;
• and the National Water Resources Management System – Singreh.

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