Arthur Lira will decide as a group whether to extend the Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry.

By: Magno José

The vote on the bill creating health and tourism lotteries has been postponed until Wednesday. — The Americanas CPI will assess the possibility of extending its work. A request for postponement must be made by the CPI, but the final decision rests with the Speaker of the House, as was the case with the CPI-FUTE, which investigates match-fixing schemes in soccer, and the MST.

A report by Valor Econômico highlights that members of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) of the Chamber of Deputies investigating fraud at Americanas will discuss this Wednesday, in an administrative meeting at 12 pm, the possibility of extending the work for a longer period.

The request for postponement needs to be approved by the committee, but it will be up to the Speaker of the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), to decide whether to actually extend the work or conclude the activities within the original 120-day period.

Arthur Lira has told parliamentarians that he will decide as a bloc and should give the same treatment to the MST case and the CPI-FUTE, intended to investigate schemes of manipulation of results in football matches.

The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) on Betting, which investigates match-fixing in Brazilian football, was established on May 17th with a stipulated deadline of 120 days, scheduled to end on September 28th. At the last meeting, a request authored by the president, Deputy Julio Arcoverde, was approved to extend the commission's work by 60 days, starting from the date stipulated for the end of its work. If the Speaker of the House authorizes the extension of the CPI-Football, the commission's work will continue until November 28th.