Bolsonaro Decree Ends the Advisory Board of the National Book and Reading Plan

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Jair Bolsonaro dissolved the Advisory Board of the National Book and Reading Plan (PNLL).

The decree, signed by the president and the Minister of Citizenship, Osmar Terra, was published this Wednesday, July 24th, in the Federal Gazette. The Advisory Council’s role was to provide support to the direction of the PNLL through definitions and proposals related to the area.

The now-dissolved council was exclusively composed of members of the National Council for Cultural Policy (CNPC) in the area of “literature, books, and reading.”

The decree further reduces the number of civilian representatives on the PNLL Directorate. There were two representatives with “notable literary knowledge,” and now there is only one. The members are recommended by editors, authors, and accessibility experts.

The National Book and Reading Plan was established in 2006 by Joint Ministerial Ordinance No. 1,442, signed by the Ministers of Culture and Education and, on September 1st, 2011, it was enacted by Decree No. 7,559, issued by then-president Dilma Rousseff. The PNLL aims to establish guidelines for public policy focused on reading and books in Brazil.

Changes in other boards

In May, a decree changed the structure of the National Environmental Council (CONAMA), the principal advisory body of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) in charge of establishing criteria for environmental licensing and rules for the control and maintenance of environmental quality.

The collegiate body, with 96 advisors, including members from government entities and NGOs, will have 23 full members, including its president, minister Ricardo Salles. On July 17th, the MMA raffled the new members of CONAMA. The list of the selected candidates was made official in this Wednesday’s Federal Gazette.

On Monday, July 22nd, Bolsonaro excluded by decree the positions for specialists and civilian members from the National Council on Drug Policy (CONAD). The order also bans CONAD discussions from being made public without prior authorization.

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