📋 Tender Overview
Defense Minister Jose Mucio Monteiro Filho and the Armed Forces Commanders will be invited to attend the Foreign Relations Commission (CRE). The collegiate senators approved, on Wednesday (2), the presence of the authorities in a public hearing on the current state of national defense.
The public hearing, still with no date to happen, meets Senator Hamilton Mourao (Republicans-RS) request (). In addition to Mucio, the commanders of the Navy, Marcos Sampaio Olsen, Army, Tomas Miguel Mine Ribeiro Paiva, and Aeronautics, Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno will be invited.
Mourao still demanded the strengthening of the Budget of the Armed Forces. He defended the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC), which establishes that, each year, the equivalent of 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in actions and services by the Ministry of Defense be employed.
- We see the reduction of the budget of the Armed Forces. The Navy has its backwards project late. The Air Force has no dominance of Brazilian airspace due to the absence of aircraft. And the Brazilian Army projects themselves [suffer difficulties], especially the border monitoring system. The [Public Hearing] information will serve PEC 55/2023 - said Mourao.
International scenario
It was also approved, presented by CRE President Senator Nelsinho Trad (PSD-MS), for the collegiate to discuss Brazils relevance in the international scene. The senator pointed out that the public hearing will be based on the document a strategy for Brazil - the place of Brazil in the world, of the Institute of International Relations and Foreign Trade (Irice). The study presents challenges and opportunities faced by the country in the international scenario and seeks short and medium term solutions.
Senate Agency (reproduction authorized by citation of the Senate Agency)
