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PT Lawmaker Proposes Nov. 13 as National Wellbeing Day, Measure Sent to Committees

The initiative cites constitutional social rights to justify a nonholiday commemoration.

Overview

  • Deputy Ana Karina Rojo Pimentel filed the proposal on Oct. 14 to designate Nov. 13 each year as National Wellbeing Day.
  • The draft has been referred to Chamber of Deputies commissions for analysis and a possible opinion before any plenary vote.
  • The measure would not create a mandatory day off, positioning the date for civic recognition rather than a labor holiday.
  • The selected date coincides with Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s birthday and World Kindness Day, though the text does not name him.
  • The bill consists of a single declaratory article and a transitory clause and grounds its rationale in Articles 1 and 4 of the Constitution and the 2020 social-rights reform.