Mining is out of the negotiation of the Law in the Framework of a Temporal

The judge Diego’s take a look at, assistant to the prime minister Gilmar Mendes, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (SUPREME federal court), was reported on Thursday (27), during a meeting of the conciliation board of the Law in the Framework of time (number of 14.701/2023), which is the subject of mining on indigenous lands has been removed from the text.

The withdrawal of a full proposal, the determination of the prime minister, who is the rapporteur of the action under discussion in the SUPREME court. The court stated, however, that it will be the opening of a new committee to discuss the issue. The decision, announced at the opening of the hearing of the Chamber of Conciliation with the Law of the Landmark in time, it came to pass, after pressure from indigenous peoples, civil society organizations, and agencies of the federal government.

All in all, the text is presented by the minister of 94 items. One of the things that most have generated concern to indigenous peoples, and differences between the members of the commission, which would allow for the exploitation of mineral resources on indian lands.

APIB walked out of the discussion

In August, 2024, the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) has announced the exit of the Chamber of Conciliation, to the Law of the Marco Temporal. The reading of the position of the motion has been carried out under the leadership of the indigenous Mariazinha Baré, co-chair of the Joint Organizations, and Indigenous Peoples of the Amazonas (Apiam), and a representative of the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (Coiab), in camera).

In a letter read out by Mariazinha, the APIB said the lack of a space in which to negotiate with the fundamental rights, which had been under the protection of the decision-making of full-time (nine-to-two vote of the u.s. Supreme Court, which ruled on the unconstitutionality of the decision of the framework time, in September, 2023.

The protest of the people of Spouse

On Wednesday (26), and the leaders of the people, Spouse sent a letter to the ministers of the SUPREME federal court and asked the Supreme Court to judge the constitutionality of the Law in the Framework of time.

“We, the leaders, and the community of the people of The Klãnô Spouse, for the present, in Brasilia to demand from the federal government for the completion of our mark, we support the decision of the Apib and Arpinsul to step away from the table and conciliation, led by the prime minister Gilmar Mendes of the SUPREME federal court,” the document said.

The Law, in the Framework of a Temporal, is seen as a threat to the rights of the indigenous peoples in Brazil. She is restricted to the territory of the lands of the proof of occupation at the date of the enactment of the Federal Constitution, and on 5 October 1988, while ignoring the history of violence and displacement experienced by the communities themselves.

The leadership of the indigenous people of Spouse also said that it will not accept any type of trade that restricts the right of the area. 

During the hearing on Thursday, the participants discussed the highlights and achievements in the audience, up to the “antiprojeto of the law in the framework of time. As the works were not finished, he was offered a new meeting for the next week, on the 2nd of April, the deadline set by the prime minister Gilmar Mendes, a deadline for the completion of the work of the special committee.