Invited by the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Commission (CCJ) of the Federal Senate, the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI) participated, on Tuesday, the 5th, in a Public Hearing to discuss PEC 34/2021. The proposal, authored by Senator Davi Alcolumbre, "amends item I of Article 56 of the Federal Constitution to provide that the investiture of parliamentarians in the post of head of a permanent diplomatic mission does not give rise to the loss of their mandate".

The full video is available on the Federal Senate's YouTube channel. Given that the hearing was delayed, the speeches start at minute 35' of the video. Click here to watch.

CEBRI was represented by Ambassador José Alfredo Graça Lima, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, who emphasized the importance of the separation between the Executive and Legislative branches, which characterizes the presidential government system. He also emphasized that it is not a matter of denying prominent public figures the leadership of diplomatic representations on a permanent basis, but rather on an exceptional basis, given the internal and external circumstances of the country's international insertion.

The session was chaired by Senator Mara Gabrilli and also attended by the Director of Rio Branco Institute, Gilvânia Maria de Oliveira; representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Alberto Franco França; Deputy Marcelo Calero; Ambassador Maria Celina de Azevedo Rodrigues, President of the Brazilian Diplomats Association and Union; Minister Aloysio Nunes Ferreira; CEBRI Senior Researcher and FGV EAESP Professor, Guilherme Casarões; and Mathias Alencastro, Researcher at the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP).