Nighttime meetings as deputies try to vote on Referendum PEC

Two extraordinary meetings were called for the early hours of Friday (10/23), one at 12:01 a.m. and another at 6 a.m. At 9 a.m., the Special Committee meeting responsible for analyzing, in the second round, Proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) 24/2023, which eliminates the requirement of a popular referendum for societary changes in Copasa, is scheduled. The strategy indicates that the government’s base intends to conclude the entire voting process by early morning and wants to avoid the analysis spilling over into the next week. The consideration of the text began on Thursday night (10/23), marked by intense obstruction from the opposition, who used debates on motions to delay the session. At one of these moments, with the chamber empty, opposition members requested a quorum check, in an attempt to suspend the proceedings due to lack of minimum attendance.