Representative Arthur Lyra formed a working group to study the adoption of a semi-presidential system. The kampalacho was published in the Official Gazette on Thursday. If it goes out on the ground, it will be a blow to the constitution and popular sovereignty.
The proposal to change the regime has already been rejected in two referendums. However, the Speaker appointed ten deputies to revive him behind closed doors. Parliamentarians have the support of a Council of Jurisprudents. It will be the former President Michel Temer, who knows the ways to seize power without a vote.
The project approved by Lira creates the character of the Prime Minister, who will govern politics and the economy. The president is given a decorative role limited to defense and international relations. In practice, the change would deprive voters of the right to choose who will govern them. This power will be transferred from 150 million citizens to 594 members of Congress.
In countries with parliamentary traditions, such as the United Kingdom and Germany, people choose between two or three parties with specific programmes. In Brazil, the dessert will be shared among Centrão shorts, which specialize in bargains and mummons. The bloc had already usurped presidential powers by inventing a secret budget. If the prime minister is appointed, he will be in charge of the country without intermediaries.
The Brazilian presidency has known flaws and vices. None of them will be resolved by an assault on popular sovereignty. In the past decade, Congress would have named Eduardo Cunha the infamous prime minister. The chosen day is Lyra himself.
The idea of emptying the powers of the presidency re-emerges from time to time. Their resurgence often coincides with the favoritism of candidates from the left. In 1993, parliamentarism was adopted by sectors that feared Lula’s victory the following year. Now it is reappearing on the eve of another election in which Labor is taking the lead.
In November, Lira participated in the call promoted by Minister Gilmar Mendes in Lisbon. The deputy declared that the presidential system “did not live up to the challenges that Brazil is facing.” Someone might have wondered if he was reaching for the chair that Ulysses Guimarães belonged to.
To avoid the coup accusation, Lira says the new law will only come into force from 2030 onwards. If that were true, there would be no reason to hastily explore it months before the 2022 elections.
Marilia and Rikkyo
At the age of 37, Representative Marilia Aris was one of the few bets on a generational renewal in Labour. He should leave the shortcut for the next few days, complaining about the boycott of the party bureaucracy.
On Friday, Lula celebrated the affiliation of veteran Roberto Riccio. Neoptista is 81 years old and will try to be governor for the fourth time. In the last elections, he ran for the Senate and took third place.
When Marilia was born in 1984, Rikiao was already a deputy in Paraná.
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