“The time has come to put an end to hypocrisy, regulate something that, for the most part, is already present in our country's culture. Furthermore, when we talk about large international casinos, we are talking about billionaire investments, we are talking about projects that are successful in large nations. So the time has come to face this challenge that is posed for us, and we will work with dialogue, with solid arguments, explaining that this will generate taxes, jobs, at a time when Brazil needs a major resumption of international tourism," said Carreras.
The deputy said that there is no interference from the Planalto Palace in the matter. "Zero. There is no sign of the Planalto, it is something very much from the Parliament.”
Carreras believes that Brazil has the maturity to allow gambling. "Must have. If you have rules, criteria, transparency… I think this is the result of debate, of a debate that needs to be done and maybe this is the time. If you put an agency to regulate and there is a clear rule, if we look into it and have a law, with technology, we can track everything.”
Evangelicals
The deputy also stated that the topic cannot be left out of debate because of the experiences witnessed in Rio de Janeiro. Carreras also pointed out that he will talk with parliamentarians and evangelical churches to present the project and build a text that has the support of religious.
“There are people who have a prejudice when talking about the jogo do bicho. Who doesn't know friends who play it every day? Anyone who goes to a suburb in Recife or any other capital in our country observes that. We cannot simply not discuss a topic because of Rio de Janeiro. We know what the culture of Rio is,” said Felipe.
“If we go to the suburbs of Recife today, or any other capital, there is a church and next to it there is a jogo do bicho sales point. The people there, with that game, work and support their family. This is the real Brazil. So, let's talk to several colleagues from the Evangelical Bench, many of them are sensitive,” added the deputy. “Let's talk to the churches. Why not use part of this resource to be collected from entities linked to churches to recover drug addicts?”, he concluded.
Regulatory Framework for Gaming
Last Friday (10), the president of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), created a working group with the objective of debating a Regulatory Framework for Gaming in Brazil, based on the bill 442/91, which has been processed for 30 years at the House. The group, coordinated by deputy Bacelar (Pode-BA), President of the Tourism Committee of the Chamber, and whose rapporteur is Pernambuco’s state deputy Felipe Carreras (PSB-PE).
The deadline for completion of work in the text that regulates games of chance is 90 days. The other members of the group are Augusto Coutinho (SDD-PE), Marx Beltrao (PSD-AL), Leur Lomanto Junior (DEM-BA), Herculano Passos (MDB-SP), Otávio Leite (PSDB-RJ), Bibo Nunes (PSL-RS), Newton Cardoso Jr (MDB-MG) and Vermelho (PSD-PR).
Source: jc.ne10.uol.com.br / GMB
