With the arrival of 2021 and the beginning of vaccination, the debate was resumed for the end of emergency aid. However, the pandemic took on even more critical contours and hunger advanced in the country. Faced with the serious crisis that was presented, 270 non-governmental organizations created this online petition to pressure the National Congress to extend or approve a new law to guarantee emergency aid of R$ 600.00 until the end of the pandemic.
In 2020, the aid managed to guarantee not only the food on the plate of millions of Brazilians, but also millions of lives, allowing people to stay safe at home.
According to the group, pressure was essential to guarantee aid in 2020 and now it's time to unite again to ensure conditions for the most vulnerable Brazilian families to face the coronavirus in 2021!
The petition had more than 86,000 signatures and can be considered partially successful as the aid was approved despite the reduced amount. in Congress , MP 1037/2021; PL 2419/2020; PL 3426/2020 and 49 legislative ideas from citizens that together add up to 82,528 supporters in Congress. Support on the official channel represents 94.95% of those registered in the online petition.
