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RepublicanosSenator for Rio Grande do Sul

Hamilton Mourão Mourão was the only vote against ending the 6x1 schedule

Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS), a senator since 2023, an Army general and Bolsonaro's vice president, was the only one of the 76 senators voting who said No to ending the 6x1 schedule[1–3]. The Senate passed the constitutional amendment 75 to 1, in both rounds[4].

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tally in both rounds
75 to 1
new work week approved
42 hours
Bolsonaro's vice president
2019–2022
From 2017 to 2026

  1. Sep 15, 2017 · Army · Freemasons

    Still a serving general, at a Freemasons' event in Brasília, he suggests a military intervention if the institutions do not solve the political crisis: "we will have to impose a solution"[5].

  2. Sep 7, 2018 · GloboNews · interview

    Running for vice president, he says that, in a situation of "anarchy", the president could use the Armed Forces. Asked if that would be a self-coup, he answers: "It is a self-coup, you can say that"[6].

  3. Sep 2018 · Campaign · CDL Uruguaiana

    Brazilian jabuticabas. 13th-month salary. If we take in 12, how do we pay 13?[7]

  4. Oct 9, 2020 · Vice presidency · DW

    He says colonel Ustra, the first military officer convicted of kidnapping and torture during the dictatorship, "was a man of honor who respected the human rights of his subordinates"[8].

  5. Mar 31, 2023 · Senate · article

    As a senator, he calls the 1964 coup the "Revolution of March 31, 1964" and says the regime's reforms "strengthened Brazilian democracy"[9].

  6. Sep 2, 2026 · Senate · CCJ

    He asks to put his vote against on record when the committee approves the amendment that ends the 6x1 schedule[10].

  7. Oct 14, 2026 · Senate · floor

    He is the only No vote in both rounds: the amendment that ends the 6x1 schedule passes 75 to 1 and goes on to be enacted[3, 4].

This covers the votes recorded by the Senate and Mourão's statements published by the press, each with its date. In the CCJ, the vote was by voice, with no roll call[10].

The vote

Against the day off, alone

The Senate passed, 75 to 1, the constitutional amendment that ends the 6x1 schedule, six days of work for one day off. The work week drops to 42 hours, with no pay cut. The 1 was Mourão[3, 11, 4].

Even part of the opposition voted Yes, and Flávio Bolsonaro had announced his vote the day before. According to InfoMoney, Mourão held his position against it and called the vote electioneering[2].

Work

The 13th-month salary as a "jabuticaba"

In the 2018 campaign, as running mate, Mourão called the 13th-month salary and vacation bonus "jabuticabas", a "backpack on the back of every business owner", and asked: "If we take in 12, how do we pay 13?"[7, 12]

In the same speech, he called for a "serious implementation" of the labor reform[7].

Barracks

Threat to "impose a solution"

In 2017, still a serving general, Mourão said at a Freemasons' event that, if the institutions did not solve the political crisis, "we will have to impose a solution"[5]. In 2018, he admitted, about a scenario of "anarchy": "It is a self-coup, you can say that"[6].

Dictatorship

Praise for a torturer and for 1964

As vice president, he called colonel Ustra, his former commander and the first military officer convicted of kidnapping and torture under the dictatorship, a "man of honor"[8]. As a senator, he called the 1964 coup a "Revolution" and said the regime's reforms "strengthened Brazilian democracy"[9].

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  1. 01Senado Federal · Senador Hamilton MourãoHis term as senator for Republicanos-RS, from 2023 to 2031.(opens in a new tab)
  2. 02InfoMoney · Quem é o único senador que votou contra o fim da escala 6×1 no SenadoThe former vice president under Bolsonaro as the only vote against, the support of part of the opposition and the vote he called electioneering.(opens in a new tab)
  3. 03Senado Federal · Dados Abertos · Votações do plenário em 14/10/2026The roll-call tally for PEC 221/2019 in both rounds: 75 Yes and 1 No, Hamilton Mourão's.(opens in a new tab)
  4. 04Agência Senado · Aprovado fim da escala 6x1Approval in the 2nd round (runoff), 75 to 1, the 42-hour week and the enactment that follows.(opens in a new tab)
  5. 05Jornal do Brasil · Em evento da maçonaria, general do Exército sugere intervenção militarThe 09/15/2017 speech, as a serving general, about "imposing a solution".(opens in a new tab)
  6. 06IstoÉ · Vice de Bolsonaro admite possibilidade de ‘autogolpe’ do presidenteThe excerpt of the 09/07/2018 GloboNews interview about the self-coup.(opens in a new tab)
  7. 07Poder360 · Bolsonaro desautoriza Mourão, que criticou 13º salárioThe CDL speech on the "jabuticabas" and the 13th-month salary, and the defense of the labor reform.(opens in a new tab)
  8. 08IstoÉ Dinheiro · Mourão: coronel Ustra ‘respeitava os direitos humanos de seus subordinados’The Deutsche Welle interview in which he calls Ustra, his former commander, a "man of honor".(opens in a new tab)
  9. 09Poder360 · Mourão chama golpe de 1964 de "revolução" e elogia ditaduraThe Correio Braziliense article that calls the coup the "Revolution of March 31, 1964".(opens in a new tab)
  10. 10SBT News · Fim da 6x1: veja quais senadores votaram contra a PEC na CCJThe senators who put their vote against on record in the CCJ voice vote, Mourão among them.(opens in a new tab)
  11. 11Agência Senado · Fim da 6x1 aprovado em primeiro turnoApproval in the 1st round, 75 to 1, with no pay cut.(opens in a new tab)
  12. 12Congresso em Foco · Vice de Bolsonaro critica 13º salário e férias de trabalhadores; veja vídeoThe 13th-month salary and the vacation bonus called "jabuticabas" and a "backpack on the back of every business owner".(opens in a new tab)

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