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The approval by the House of Representatives of the new Forestry Code in disagreement with what the Presidential Palace wanted creates a double problem to be managed by the government.

On the eve of the Conference Rio +20 and an eye on the international agenda, President Dilma Rousseff wanted the Representatives kept the text provided by the Senate, with a favorable view towards the environmental sector. But as the issue is not confined to the polarization between government and opposition, the government had the sympathy only of the PT within the allied base.

Given the result, government sectors indicate that the President will veto the crucial points of the text to both sides, such as amnesty for deforestation done previously.

Certainly, the veto will displease both sides, since the ruralists accept no exclusion in the approved text and environmentalists yearn for its rejection in its entirety. Representatives linked to agribusiness admitted they will work to overthrown any possible vetoes.

If the government decides to veto parts of the bill and submit to the Congress a provisional measure or bill of law with an urgent regime as a way to soothe negative reactions, it will still have risks since, as it occurred with the veto, other propositions will also have to analyzed by the congressmen,

In order to avoid the same situation, the government will have to demonstrate political skill to conduct the issue.