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Chamber Installs Panel on Reparations PEC, Benedita da Silva Elected Chair

The commission begins a 40-session review with Orlando Silva as rapporteur to prepare a text for a supermajority vote.

Câmara instala comissão para analisar PEC do Fundo de Reparação Racial
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Overview

  • Deputies formally set up the special commission on September 16 to examine PEC 27/2024, which would create a permanent national fund to promote racial equality.
  • Benedita da Silva won the chairmanship as Hélio Lopes received only his own vote; Márcio Marinho, Dandara Tonantzin and Josivaldo JP were chosen as vice-presidents.
  • Orlando Silva was appointed rapporteur and urged a nationwide campaign to build the 308 votes needed for a constitutional amendment.
  • The proposal outlines R$20 billion over 20 years from the federal budget, with potential corporate indemnities and international donations, and places fund management with a federal financial institution and an advisory council.
  • The panel’s work can extend to 60 sessions, the next meeting is scheduled for September 30, and the installation coincided with the 5th Conapir and strong civil‑society mobilization.