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21 statements · 1 politicians · February 24, 2026
Statements by Marcos Rogério. 21 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Legislative Process, Transport Policy, International Relations / Labor, Environment / Infrastructure.
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Mr. President, Madam Senators and Mr. Senators, I would first like to make a record by congratulating Senator Jaime Bagattoli for the initiative of this proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution.
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About: debate PEC 22/2025 in the Senate Infrastructure Committee
We had the opportunity to debate this matter, dear Rapporteur Senator Esperidião Amin, in the Infrastructure Commission of the Federal Senate.
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About: hold a public hearing with ANTT, PRF and truckers on PEC 22/2025
We brought to the Infrastructure Commission representatives from ANTT, from the Federal Highway Police, truck drivers, and we debated this issue.
About: approve PEC 22/2025
We even thought, at that time, that it would be an easy equation, merely a matter of common sense, but that was not the path, that was not the understanding during those debates, although the public hearing helped to make some points even clearer, above all the need to approve this proposed constitutional amendment.
About: suspend penalties for truckers until adequate rest infrastructure exists
PEC 22 of 2025 addresses a basic point: a truck driver should not be punished for failing to do what the State was unable to do and provide.
About: maintain mandatory rest for truckers
We all support mandatory rest. That represents, means safety for everyone – for the truck driver and for road users – but the reality of Brazilian highways is totally different from that abstract world that the Executive Branch and, sometimes – many times – even the Legislature construct.
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About: carry out road infrastructure works
The reality of Brazilian highways is that there is no adequate infrastructure for stopping and resting.
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About: fine drivers for not complying with mandatory rest
And yet, today, the driver is cited, is fined.
About: suspend penalties for truckers until adequate rest infrastructure exists
This simply inverts the logic: we demand from the worker what the public sector failed to deliver.
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About: debate PEC 22/2025 in the Senate Infrastructure Committee
And we addressed this issue in the debate in the Infrastructure Commission.
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About: request clarifications from the Ministry of Transport and the Federal Highway Police on enforcement and stopping rules
We even pressed the representative of the Ministry of Transport, who was participating there, and the representative of the Federal Highway Police himself, but he said, at that time, that he had not created the rule.
About: suspend penalties for truckers until adequate rest infrastructure exists
Now, it's a basic premise. You are demanding of the driver that he comply with the required rest stop, but there is no infrastructure.
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About: supplement legislation with provision of adequate infrastructure to comply with the rules
So, in negotiations with ANTT and with Senatran, the regulatory system itself, Mr. President, acknowledged that the law alone is not enough to enforce what is established.
About: carry out road infrastructure works
It is necessary to guarantee the infrastructure; it is necessary to provide this adequate space.
About: suspend penalties for truckers until adequate rest infrastructure exists
Without that, the fine becomes a blind punishment, an injustice.
About: suspend penalties for truckers until adequate rest infrastructure exists
PEC 22, which Senator Jaime Bagattoli presented, is precisely intended to address this aspect.
About: suspend penalties for truckers until adequate rest infrastructure exists
It does the obvious and the sensible: it suspends penalties until the necessary infrastructure exists for the driver to use that space to comply with the law.
About: build infrastructure to ensure road safety
So, safety is not decreed; it is built. That is what we are doing here.
My compliments to Senator Jaime Bagattoli for the initiative.
Look: he is someone who knows the issue, who understands the magnitude of the problem.
About: approve PEC 22/2025
And Senator Esperidião Amin comes, with the experience he has, with the knowledge he has of the matter, and brings a report that truly gives all of us the assurance that we will vote for a constitutional amendment that serves the interest of public safety, but with the care of protecting the worker who does not have that space for the mandatory rest stop. Thank you very much, Mr. President.
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