KIM KATAGUIRI CONTA COMO FOI PRESSIONADO A VOTAR A FAVOR DA PEC DA BLINDAGEM

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1. Kim Kataguiri0:00 · play in the video

   This week we had an example of that, in the 'shielding' PEC — most of my party voted in favor; I voted against, I spoke against it, even though there was a lot of pressure from the floor, you know? Because it happens in stages, right? First the pressure is like this: there was a caucus meeting, now of the PP with União, 100 deputies in the room, the two leaders, Pedro Lucas and Luizinho, asked, 'come on, is there anyone here who is against this text?' I mean, obviously this text is good for us, I don't know what, I don't know what. Of the 100 deputies, only I raised my hand. Then the pressure starts, right? 'Come on, don't do that, vote with us.' The first step is 'vote with us, come on, vote with us' and all that, I don't know, make a gesture, the famous gesture, the signaling. Then I say, 'no, for God's sake, there's no way, there's no chance I'll vote in favor of this,' and they're like, 'well then don't vote' — that's the next step, right? 'If you're not comfortable voting, putting your name, appearing in the media as having voted in favor, don't vote, you know, come on, get a doctor's note, go home,' and I say, 'but there's no chance I would not vote on this.' Okay, fine, then vote, but don't give a speech — damn it, don't go up to the tribune, don't put it on social media either, don't burn your colleagues,' and I said, 'there's no chance I won't speak, there's no chance I won't talk.'
2. Kim Kataguiri1:00 · play in the video

   So despite the pressure, I voted — we have the independence to do that — but that independence ends when we want to choose which elections we want to contest and which projects we want to pursue.