04/23/2024 – 21:36
Rio councilor Carlos Bolsonaro (PL), “zero two” son of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), presented a bill that prohibits vegetarian and vegan menus in schools and daycare centers in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. The measure seeks to prevent the advancement of the animal-free food agenda in schools, which, according to the parliamentarian, is a topic “hijacked” by “the most radical left-wing activists”.
Carlos' bill stipulates that the institution of vegetarian and vegan menus should be prohibited in schools. The former president's son also predicts that teachers will be prohibited from “encouraging” changing students' eating habits through workshops, seminars and lectures.
O Estadão He contacted Carlos Bolsonaro, the president of the Rio de Janeiro City Council, councilman Carlo Caiado (União) and the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (PSD), but has not received a response so far.
Throughout the justification of the bill, Carlos cites several reports that, supposedly, would give reason to ban vegan and vegetarian menus in schools. The parliamentarian does not cite proven scientific data that could motivate the measure.
The councilor also argues that vegetarian menus are adopted due to “other people’s ecofanaticism”. Therefore, the parliamentarian argues that his project would prevent the Executive of the capital of Rio de Janeiro from interfering “in a particularity that unequivocally belongs to families, who are not obliged to adopt militant agendas in the name of “healthy eating”.
The proposal must still go through the Justice and Writing Committees; Administration and Matters Related to Public Servants; Supply Industry Commerce and Agriculture; of Hygiene and Public Health and Social Welfare and Education. Before becoming law, the project must be approved by a majority in the Chamber and be sanctioned by Eduardo Paes.
Last month, Carlos left the Republicans, the party in which he was elected councilor in 2020, to join the PL, his father's party. In the acronym, the parliamentarian will coordinate the campaign of federal deputy Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ) for mayor of Rio.
Carlos is in his sixth term as a councilor in Rio, being elected on every occasion with the help of the former president's political capital. When he first took a seat on the city council in 2000, he had just turned 18.
In more than 23 years in the Municipal Chamber, Carlos approved 13 projects that became laws in the capital of Rio de Janeiro. Another four projects authored by the parliamentarian that were approved by councilors were later considered unconstitutional.
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