The coordinator of the Frente Parlamentar Ambientalista, Alessandro Molon (PSB-RJ), defended on Wednesday (31) the obstruction of an eventual draft or provisional measure of the Jair Bolsonaro government to join the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MPLS) with the Ministry of the Environment (MMA).
“If the new government insists on this bad idea, it will be the subject of a political dispute. We will obstruct, present amendments and bring the society here in order to say, on behalf of Brazil, that we do not want to end up with the Ministry of Environment, “Molon said.
MMA’s performance, according to Molon, goes far beyond farming. Of the almost 1,800 environmental licensing processes in Ibama currently, only 29 are related to agriculture, the deputy said in citing a statement issued by the ministry against the merger.
While noting that the merger between ministries could happen, Bolsonaro gives signs that he can keep the two folders separate.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.