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STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTIONSFederal Senate
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The election for the Steering Committee of the Federal
Senate takes place in the 1st legislative session of the
National Congress and in the 3rd legislative session. The
vote takes place after the end of the parliamentary
recess, which began on December 22nd, 2016 and ended
on February 1st, 2017.
The Steering Committee is responsible for directing the
legislative activities and is composed of the following
members:
President;
First and Second Vice-Presidents;
Four Secretaries; and
Four Deputy Secretaries.
THE ELECTION
According to the Constitution, the composition of the
committee must respect the proportionality of the parties
or parliamentary blocs with representation in the Upper
House
The senators’ vote is secret. To elect a Committee’s
member an absolute majority is necessary. Traditionally,
the party with the largest number of seats gets the
presidency of the Senate, however, sparse candidacies of
smaller parties are common.
STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
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2015 Election
At the time, PT and PMDB were still part of the
government coalition. The Steering Committee
election had a single ticket representing 7 of the
15 parties represented in the Senate - without
the participation of PSDB, DEM and PSB
The ticket was elected with 46 votes for, 2
against and 1 abstention.
President: Renan Calheiros (PMDB/AL)
1st Vice-president: Jorge Viana (PT/AC)
2nd Vice-president: Romero Jucá (PMDB/RR)
1st Secretary: Vicentinho Alves (PR/TO)
2nd Secretary: Zeze Perrela (PTB/MG)
3rd Secretary: Gladson Camelli (PP/AC)
4th Secretary: Ângela Portela (PT/RR)
1st Substitute: Sérgio Petecão (PSD/AC)
2nd Substitute: João Alberto Souza (PMDB/MA)
3rd Substitute: Elmano Férrer (PTB/PI)
4th Substitute: Vacant
STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
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2017 ElectionTwo senators disputed the presidency of the
Federal Senate in 2017: Eunício Oliveira
(PMDB/CE) and José Medeiros (PSD/MT).
Oliveira is the government party’s candidate,
also supported by the former president of the
Senate, Renan Calheiros. While Medeiros is vice-
leader of the government, he launched his
candidacy, even without the support of his own
party, as an alternative for the discontented with
the consensus around Oliveira’s candidacy.
With a total of 61 votes, Eunício obtained the
expected victory and confirmed his favoritism,
while José Medeiros (PSD/MT), the only other
competitor, received 10 votes.
President: Eunício Oliveira (PMDB/CE)
1st Vice-president: Cássio Cunha Lima (PSDB/PB)
2nd Vice-president: João Alberto Souza
(PMDB/MA)
1st Secretary: José Pimentel (PT/CE)
2nd Secretary: Gladson Cameli (PP/AC)
3rd Secretary: Antônio Carlos Valadares (PSB/SE)
4th Secretary: Zezé Perrella (PMDB/MG)
1st Substitute: Eduardo Amorim (PSDB/SE)
2nd Substitute: Sérgio Petecão (PSD/AC)
3rd Substitute: Davi Alcolumbre (DEM/AP)
4th Substitute: Cidinho Santos (PR/MT)
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Exercise the internal administration of the Senate;
Regulate the internal/legislative police;
Propose to the Senate a draft bill on its organization, functioning, police,
creation, transformation or extension of positions, usage and functions of its
services and a law initiative to adjust its internal remuneration;
Issue, mandatorily, an opinion on the propositions about the service and
personnel of the Senate’s Secretariat and on those that modify the statute;
Elaborate the final writing of propositions initiated at the Senate, as well as
amendments and draft bills from the House of Representatives approved by the
Plenary;
Assess proceeding requirements in concomitance with propositions that
regulate the same matter;
Providing clarifications to the Plenary about actions whose competence belong
solely to the Directing Board. Such actions shall be made orally by a rapporteur
or the First-Secretary.
COMPETENCES OF THE DIRECTING BOARD
Federal SenateSTEERING COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
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2nd Vice-President
Steering Committee of the Federal Senate (FS)
1st Secretary
2nd Secretary
3rd Secretary
4th Secretary
President
1st Vice-President
FS 2nd Vice-President
Steering Committee of the National Congress
HR 1st Secretary
FS 2nd Secretary
HR 3rd Secretary
FS 4th Secretary
FS President
HR 1st Vice-President
2nd Vice-President
Steering Committee of the House of Representatives (HR)
1st Secretary
2nd Secretary
3rd Secretary
4th Secretary
President
1st Vice-President
Federal SenateSTEERING COMMITTEE ELECTION
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PROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Senator Eunício Oliveira (PMDB/CE)Eunício Oliveira holds a degree in Business Administration and Political Science, currently in his first term
as a Senator. Despite being a newcomer to the Senate, he has held prominent positions, such as the CCJ
presidency and PMDB leadership. He is considered the second richest senator of the house (with declared
equity of BRL 99 million) and, since 2005, holds the position of national treasurer of the PMDB
He was Minister of Communications during Lula’s government and elected three times as a Federal
Representative. In 2014, Eunício disputed the elections for the government of Ceará and was the most
voted candidate in the first round (reaching 46%), however he was defeated in the second round by PT’s
Camilo Santana.
Eunício has a firm stance on the topic of telecommunications, he has criticized on several occasions the
proposal to establish data limits for fixed and mobile broadband. The senator was also a strong supporter
of the main measures proposed by Temer’s government, stating that "it is unacceptable to delay reforms
such as the Social Security one, a modernization that will bring labor legislation to the 21st Century and the
regulation of outsourced contracts, increasingly common in a global job market, transformed by
computerization and automation, with the growing predominance of the service sector”.
The new president of the Senate was quoted in three plea bargains in the Lava Jato Operation: former
senator Delcídio do Amaral; The former director of Hypermarcas, Nelson Melo; And the former director of
Institutional Relations of Odebrecht, Cláudio Melo Filho.
President
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PresidentPROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities of the President: Power of Agenda: Summon and preside legislative
sittings/Define the Order of the Day;
Contest propositions that do not abide by the
Constitution;
Propose the assembling of an external committee;
Steer sittings;
Solve questions of order;
3rd in the line of succession to the Presidency of the
Republic;
3rd President of the National Congress’ Steering
Committee. He is responsible for summoning
congressional sessions.
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1st Vice-PresidentPROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Cássio Cunha Lima (PSDB/PB)
Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the State University of
Paraíba and was the mayor of the city of Campina Grande in 1988
and 1996. Between 2002 and 2009, Lima held the position of
governor of Paraíba, but ended up having his mandate revoked for
buying votes.
Mr. Lima was the drafter of the bill that increased from half to an
entire minimum wage the benefit paid by the Social Security and
also drafted the bill that provided for free-of-charge transportation
for individuals older than 65 years. He was the co-author of an
amendment that reduced to 16 the minimum age for voting.
Currently, he is part of the Committee on Human Rights and
Participative Legislation, the Mixed Committee on Control of
Intelligence Activities and others.
Responsibilities of the 1st
Vice-President Substitutes the president
João Alberto Souza (PMDB/MA)João Albertou de Souza, or João Souza, an economist that began his
career in 1971, when he was elected State Representative in the state
of Maranhão.
João Souza has held several elective positions in Maranhão, Ex-
President José Sarney is considered his political mentor. He was also a
Federal Representative, Vice Governor during Epitacio Cafeteira’s
term (1987-1990) , Mayor of the municipality of Bacabal and Governor
when Cafeteira was elected Senator. Souza was first elected to the
Senate in 1998 and in 2006 he was Vice Governor candidate in
Roseane Sarney’s campaign, in which they were defeated.
In 2010 he was elected Senator being the second most voted
candidate, behind Edison Lobão.
Senator João Souza was summoned by Gim Argello to testify in his
defense, considering that he also participated in the Petrobras
Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry presided over by then Senator
Argello.
João Souza was president of the Ethics Committee and considered one
of the betrayals of the government’s base during Dilma Rousseff’s
impeachment vote, to justify his vote, he claimed the political isolation
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2nd Vice-presidentPROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities of the 2nd
Vice-president Substitutes the Vice-President
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First SecretaryPROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
José Pimentel (PT/CE)A Lawyer and a banker, Pimentel is in his first term as
Senator. He was Minister of Social Security during Lula’s
administration (2008-2010) and federal Representative for
four consecutive terms, from 1995 to 2011. In 2007 he
served as rapporteur of the General Budget of the Union in
2008.
Pimentel was named government leader in the National
Congress by Dilma Rousseff in 2011, abandoning the
position after the opening of the impeachment process in
May 2016.
As a legislator, Senator Pimentel has already occupied the
position of leader of the National Congress Parliamentary
Front of the Micro and Small Business participating
actively in the approval of the Simples Nacional and in the
coordination for the approval and implementation of the
Entrepreneur System.
Responsibilities of the First Secretary To read in plenary the official correspondence
received by the Senate, the opinions of the
committees, the proposals presented when their
authors have not read them, and any other
documents that should appear in the session's file;
To sign the correspondence of the Federal Senate,
to sign, after the President, the minutes of the
secret sessions;
To determine the delivery to the Senators of the
electronic singularities related to the matter of the
Agenda of the Day;
Issue Senators' Identity Cards.
Gladson Cameli (PP/AC)Gladson de Lima Cameli is a civil engineer and entrepreneur in the
construction business. He is the son of Eládio Cameli, owner of the
construction company Etam, and nephew of Orleir Cameli former
governor of Acre murdered in 2013.
He began his political career at the PFL (Liberal Front Party), where
he remained from 2000 to 2003, when he joined the PPS (Popular
Socialist Party). In 2005 he joined the PP (Progressive Party), where
he is still a member. Cameli was a Federal Representative for two
terms. In 2010, he was elected Federal Senator by the State of Acre
with 58.4% of the valid votes.
Among the measures defended until now are: transitory assistance
in case of domestic violence against women, installation of
cameras in public schools, environmental amnesty for farmers and
reinforcement of the Federal Police at borders.
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2nd SecretaryPROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities of the 2nd Secretary To draw up the minutes of the secret sessions,
to read them and to sign them after the First
Secretary
Antonio Carlos Valadares (PSB/SE)
A Chemist and a lawyer, Valadares is in his third term in the
Federal Senate. He started in political career in 1966, when he
was elected mayor of Simão Dias by ARENA (ruling party of
the military dictatorship).
Twice a state Representative and a federal Representative for
one term, Valadares was also Vice Governor of Sergipe
between 1983-1986 and Governor of the state for two terms
(1987-1994).
Since the end of the military regime, Valadares has been
affiliated with 4 other parties, having passed through the
PDS, PMDB, PP until arriving at the PSB. In 2016, he received
the award for the best congressman of Sergipe.
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3rd SecretaryPROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities of the 3rd Secretary Count the votes in the verification of voting
Assist the President in determining the
elections
Zezé Perrella (PMDB/MG)
Zezé Perrella is a businessman and senator by the state of
Minas Gerais, in his first term. He was a federal representative
between 1999 and 2003 and a state representative between
2007 and 2011.
Perrella began his political career in the PFL, then migrating
to the PDT and PTB. On Feb. 1st, he joined the PMDB,
increasing the party’s contingent in the Senate.
Outside the political scene, Perrella was a three-term director
of the Cruzeiro Sport Club, having been investigated for
money laundering in the sale of a player. In 2013 he was the
protagonist of a major scandal when 455kg of cocaine base
paste were seized in his family’s helicopter. During the
investigations, both Perrella and his son were acquitted.
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4th SecretaryPROFILE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities of the 4th Secretary Count the votes in the verification of voting
Assist the President in determining the
elections
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Steering Committee 2015-2016
Steering Committee 2017-2018
Unlike what happened in the last election to the Steering Committee, this time Senators opted to respect the proportionality of the parties in the distribution.
PMDB increased its presence in the Steering Committee with the affiliation of Senator Zezé Perrella to the party, guaranteeing 3 positions occupied.
PT lost the 1st vice-presidency in exchange for the 1st secretary. The moderate performance of Jorge Viana (PT / AC) during the standoff between the STF and Renan Calheiros and the support of the Workers’ Party s to the candidacy of Eunício Oliveira was fundamental for the party to assure a position in the Committee.
The PSDB stand as a key ally of the government guaranteeing the 1st vice-presidency.
The PSB is now part of the Steering Committee, while the PR and the PTB lose their seats. The PP remains at the committee, this time as 2nd secretary.
STEERING COMMITTEE WITH ROOM FOR THE OPPOSITION
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PT
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PTB
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PSDB
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PSB
Steering Committee 2017-2018
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PARTIES COMPOSITION IN THE SENATE
SENATORS WHO CHANGED PARTY*
Eduardo Amorim, from Sergipe, changed from the PSC to the PSDB;
Elmano Ferrer, from Piauí, changed from the PTB to thePMDB;
Zezé Perrella, from Minas Gerais, changed from the PTB to the PMDB.
Lasier Martins, from Rio Grande do Sul, changed from the PDT to the PSD;
Thieres Pinto, from Roraima, changed from the PDT to thePTB.
* Different from the House of Representatives, where the mandate is from the party, Senators own their mandate and can change parties at any time.
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PMDB
PSDB
PT
PP
PSB
PSD
DEM
PR
PTB
PCdoB
PDT
PPS
PRB
PSC
PTC
PV
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WithoutParty*
* Senator Reguffe (DF) continues without a party
SENATORS PER PARTY
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The new Senate president has been mentioned in three plea bargains in Operation Lava Jato and has already responded to some allegations of his company's illicit transactions with the government.
José Pimentel (1st Secretary) is being investigated in Operation Zelotes, while Gladson Cameli (2nd
Secretary) is investigated in Lava Jato.
Cássio Cunha Lima (1st vice-president) is investigated for tax crimes against. Zezé Perrella (4th Secretary) is accused of administrative impropriety by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Minas Gerais.
João Alberto Souza (2nd vice-president) was summoned to testify as a witness of former senator Gim Argello (PTB / DF), who was arrested in Operation Lava Jato.
UNDER LAVA JATO SPOTLIGHT
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Senator Eunício Oliveira is from the same political group as Renan Calheiros
(PMDB / AL), which would allow Calheiros to maintain some influence over
the Federal Senate.
Oliveira was the government's favorite candidate. His election guarantees
Palácio do Planalto an important ally to advance thecontroversial issues that
will be debated in the National Congress.
The involvement of members from the Steering Committee in Lava Jato's
corruption schemes may undermine the work of the upper House. The
election of members mentioned in the Operation may lead to further friction
between the Judiciary and the Legislature, and might cause once again a
paralysis in legislators’ works.
Now, party leaders must nominate the members who will make part of the
standing committees, as well as their presidents. The most prestigious senate
committees are: the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) and the
Committee on Economic Affairs (CAE), both composed of 27 members.
EVALUATION & NEXT STEPS
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STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTIONSFederal Senate
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