Senator Benedito de Lira (PP-AL) delivered a 49-page report favoring the legalization of gaming in Brazil in accordance with the terms of the substitute presented to project PLS 186/2014. In the report, the Senator organizes the terms of the project and the full text will be available soon for consultation.
With the delivery of the report, the
next steps are the inclusion of the project in the agenda of the CCJ, and the
reading by the rapporteur in the committee. Then, committee senators may or may
not suggest amendments; If amendments are suggested, the text will be returned
to the rapporteur for a new report. If not, the report shall be voted by the
commission. If it approves the Project, then it is going to vote in plenary.
There is no deadline for inclusion of the project in the CCJ agenda, as this is
a decision of the CCJ president, Senator Edson Lobão, who will decide according
to the progress of the projects that should be analyzed by the commission.
The PL186 / 2014, authored by Senator
Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI) was unanimously approved by the Special Committee on
National Development in November 2016. But in December the text was sent to the
CCJ after approval in plenary of the request made By Senator Magno Malta
(PR-ES).
Senator Benedito de Lira defended the legalization and operation of the
casinos. According to him, this economic activity could generate essential
taxes for Brazil at the moment. He recalled that gaming activity is legalized
in 156 countries, and those who still ban the activity, 75% are Islamic.
The legalization of gambling is a crusade for Senator Benedito de Lira (PP-AL). He has always criticized the view that "gambling" should not be legalized in Brazil because of the direct association, which is made, with money laundering and contravention.
"I think it's interesting that a lot that condemns the appreciation of the matter in the National Congress deals with the subject that is money laundering, it's contravention, it's trafficking ... Gaming already exists in this country clandestinely, but everyone plays. And there is a part of it officially, which is Sena, and other lotteries and draws ...," said the senator.
Source: GMB
