Senate President Alcolumbre Unreachable for Yom Kippur Until Thursday Sundown

Overview

• In a written note, Davi Alcolumbre said he would observe fasting, prayer, silence and reclusion during Yom Kippur.
• He stated he would be incommunicado from the evening of Oct. 1 until sunset on Oct. 2.
• O Globo reported he entered reclusion with his family in Amapá and remains offline until nightfall.
• Because of the pause, O Globo said he had not yet been informed that the Chamber approved an income tax exemption bill that now awaits Senate consideration.
• Conib notes he is the first Jewish president of Brazil’s Senate, and in June he promulgated a law establishing an annual Brazil–Israel Friendship Day on April 12.