Alckmin: government may issue new MP of the fare hike still in 2025, if current one expires in Congress

Acting President Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday, the 24th, that the government may issue a new provisional measure with the same rules as the one that established the Sovereign Brazil Program back in 2025, if the MP currently in Congress loses its validity on December 11 without being reviewed. The government's analysis is that the law prohibits the issuance of an MP with the same content in the same legislative session, which ends on December 22. If the new text is published after the end of the year in Congress, the validity is immediate and the 120-day period would only start counting with the return of the Legislative branch on February 2. "Perhaps even by the end of December, the legal team is evaluating, but if not by the end of December, it will be at the beginning of January. But the ideal is that we really have approval," said Alckmin. According to him, this MP is very important to help companies affected by the U.S. tariff hike. For him, the arrest of former President ...