With 34 votes in favor, the bill for the “Protocol for the elimination of illicit trade in tobacco products” was unanimously approved.
After its approval, the project was sent to the Chamber of Deputies for its corresponding treatment.
It is worth remembering that in December of last year, in its last ordinary session, the Senate postponed without a definite date the treatment of the protocol for the elimination of illicit trade in tobacco products, adopted in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on November 12, 2012 Finally, his treatment and approval was given this Thursday.
Regarding the project, the tobacco grower José Ortiz lamented the politicization of the anti-tobacco protocol and the appearance of mercenary communicators who try to discredit a formal and legal sector of the economy, for simple political interests.
Ortiz indicated that far from what is wanted to be installed, in reality this bill does not have any article on health. “This protocol in Brazil is a failure, when taxes are confiscatory, tax evasion is big business. The application of this type of protocol is a party for clandestine industries, because the legal ones are stifled by taxes and regulations”, he launched.
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