(Prensa Latina) The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved in runoff a proposal that authorizes the resumption of emergency economic aid for informal and unemployed workers facing Covid-19, it was confirmed on Friday.
In this round, the text was approved by 356 votes for, 131 against and one abstention.
As this is a proposal to amend the Constitution, the matter needed at least 308 ballots for to be sanctioned in the Legislature.
Already approved in the Senate, the bill allows a maximum expenditure of 7.9 billion dollars.
The initiative authorizes the resumption of emergency aid: the benefit should be created through a provisional measure after its enactment by Congress and the first payment should occur by late March.
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