Brazil Committee Head Confident Pension
Reforms Will Pass
By Thomson Reuters.
Brasilia (Reuters) - The head of the committee in
Brazil's lower house of Congress that is examining a
landmark pension reform proposal said he is
confident the measure would easily pass the
committee on Wednesday.
Deputy Carlos Marun told reporters he thinks at least
22 of the 37 members of the committee will approve
the measure - three more than necessary - and that it
would be taken up by the full house in the second half
of this month.
The unpopular constitutional amendment would make
Brazilians work longer and reduce some pension
benefits to plug a widening budget deficit at the root of
the country's worst recession ever.
(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello; Writing by
Brad Brooks; Editing by Daniel Flynn)
Copyright 2017 Thomson Reuters.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2017-05-03/brazilcommittee-head-confident-pension-reforms.Acesso: 11/05/2017
O trecho sublinhado no texto relata que o Deputado Carlos Marun