Leaders close an agreement to vote on the urgency regime of the Fake News PL, this Tuesday (25).| Photo: Pablo Valadares/Chamber of Deputies

The leaders of parties and benches in the Chamber of Deputies made an agreement with President Arthur Lira (PP-AL), to vote on the urgent request for the PL of Fake News, this Tuesday (25). Voting on the merits of the project should be for next week.

The text was detailed to the leaders by the rapporteur Orlando Silva (PCdoB-SP), during a meeting this afternoon, at the official residence of the President of the Chamber. However, the final proposal must be forwarded to the benches by Thursday (27).

In the early afternoon, the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) and President of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), Alexandre de Moraes, delivered suggestions to the President of the Federal Senate to be added to the text of the Bill of Fake News. The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) also presented suggestions that should be incorporated into the project.

Opposition deputies see the risk of “treason” and want more time to analyze the proposal, sending the project to a committee instead of direct voting in plenary. On another front, at least three companies representing the technology sector, such as Meta, Twitter, Google and TikTok, released an open letter defending the installation of the special commission. The big techs defended that “technology regulation efforts are welcome” and stated that they want to “be part of the construction of legislation that responds in an efficient and balanced way to public challenges”.

The emergency regime needs to be approved by at least 257 votes. If that happens, the processing of the PL is accelerated and the text can go straight to the plenary as early as next week.