July 24, 2021

08:07

Cassandra Castro – from Cenarium

BRASÍLIA – Even with the Congress in recess, members of the Amazonas federal bench divide opinions about the semi-presidential system, one of the most talked about issues this Friday, 23rd.

In favor

Congressman Sidney Leite (PSD-AM) even finds the proposal of the mixed system of government “interesting and positive”, but affirms that the subject should not be discussed by Congress. “The most correct and democratic way is for the population to choose what kind of government they want,” said Leite.

Sidney emphasizes that the country has already had two impeachment processes and that the current moment is one of political instability. “We have many parties, it is not simple to form a coalition government. At this moment, our priority is to discuss the economic issue and the fight against the pandemic,” said the congressman.

“Outsourcing”

The vice-president of the House of Representatives, Marcelo Ramos (PL-AM), also made a post on his social network mentioning semi-presidentialism: “Outsourced budget. Outsourced positions. Outsourced Government. What for semi-presidentialism if the president no longer commands anything?”, fired in a manner contrary to the regime.

Opposite

José Ricardo (PT-AM) defends the need to strengthen presidentialism, the current representative system of the federal Executive Power. For him, one cannot “invent a system” from one hour to another by convention.

“Anything you want to make changes, it creates a lot of instability. The semi-presidentialism seems like a convenience, a desperate attitude from the group of president Jair Bolsonaro that fears losing the elections next year,” he commented.

About semi-presidentialism

For the president of the House of Representatives, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), there are no topics that cannot be discussed and quoted the semi-presidentialism, a system of government that unites elements of presidentialism and parliamentarianism, as an essential agenda.

To BBC Brazil, Portuguese constitutional expert Jorge Reis Novais says that the problems of Brazilian democracy are on another level, referring to the attempt to implement the new representative system.

“The functioning of the system will not change without the representation in Congress changing and without the Brazilian political parties becoming parties with their own ideology and their own program that allows citizens to choose according to the different government programs of each party force.”