The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), said on Tuesday (13) that he will put on the voting list of the plenary the bill for a new legislation on environmental licensing in Brazil until the beginning of April . “There’s an agreement. It is necessary to respect the majority, to have dialogue and less radicalization. Bring what is not a consensus to the democratic vote, “Maia told members of the Parliamentary Front of Agriculture, during a meeting.
“There are two impasses that can not stop the advance of new legislation for the subject. This impairs investments in the country, social development. Let’s get these problems solved by voting. The proposal guarantees legal certainty to Brazil, “said Maia.
The president of the FPA, Ms. Tereza Cristina, stressed that Rodrigo Maia’s presence in the FPA strengthens the partnership to legislate more and better society and the sector. “The points that we do not have a consensus on, such as the centralization of criteria and emissions of environmental licenses in the Union, should be aligned to follow the vote. Environmental licensing does not only affect agriculture, it involves all the infrastructure and logistics works in the country. Licenses are barred and do not develop, “said the deputy.
Present at the meeting, the leader of the PSDB in the Chamber and former president of the FPA, Congressman Nilson Leitão (MT), stated that Brazil urgently needs a new law for environmental licensing. “Works stopped for more than 10 years by the slow issuing of licenses delay Brazilian social development,” he said. According to Deputy Zé Silva (SD-MG), there are more than 5 thousand works stopped in the country, with 9.8% of them, according to the Court of Auditors (TCU), paralyzed due to the lack of environmental licenses .