Senate will be cautious and must await STF on time frame

The president of the Federal Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, signaled at the terça-feira (30) that he will adopt a position of caution on the draft law that establishes the temporary framework on indigenous lands.

Second feitos stories to CNNthe Legislative House must await the decision of the STF (Federal Supreme Court) on the subject, which must be taken up again at the next fourth fair (7).

Today, the tendency is for the Supreme Court to overthrow the rule for unconstitutional approval. The diagnosis of party leaders is that they do not anticipate voting for the fact that the Supreme Court can overthrow it.

At the third fair (30), Pacheco assured the minister of the Indigenous Peoples, Sonia Guajajara, that there will be no violation of the project’s time frame.

Second stories to CNNthe minister expressed concern regarding the approval of the bill approved by the Chamber of Deputies.

This temporary framework, defended by ruralistas, determines that the demarcation of a land can only happen if it is proven that the indigenous peoples have permanently inhabited or required space before October 5, 1988 — when the current Federal Constitution was promulgated.

An exception is when there is an effective conflict over the possession of the land in dispute, with circumstances of fact or “controvérsia possessória judicializada”, not passed and that persists until October 5, 1988.