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Brazil's governance crisis closer to a snap election as soon as October
A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's Congress on Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer, deepening a political crisis and uncertainty over leadership of Latin America's largest country. Justice Marco Aurelio Mello told the lower house to convene an impeachment committee to consider putting Temer on trial on charges he helped manipulate budget accounting as part of President Dilma Rousseff's administration. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's Congress on Tuesday to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer,” article saýs...
Apr 06th, 2016 - 09:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Freaking smart democratic move...
In my humble opinion, anticipated elections would be the best for Brazil in the current circumstances...
The Military should take over until all the corrupted politicians are in jail, their families bankrupted and the house is clean and in order.
Apr 06th, 2016 - 10:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0Elections now would only prolong the madness.
Democracy doesn't work when the population is uneducated.
It gets you Kirchner, Chavez, Lula...and every other sort of buffoon that couldn;t be elected dog catcher in the civilized world.
@1 For once I agree with you think.
Apr 06th, 2016 - 04:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@2 when has a military government ever done anything apart from make the trains run on time. The military is a servant of the State and never should be its master.
Marco Aurelio Mello's order to Cunha is blatant interference in Congress' prerogative. And as such, Cunha has said he will take his time to decide whether or not, to comply.
Apr 06th, 2016 - 04:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As far as the militatary are concerned, I'm pretty sure they have no desire for a repeat performance of 1964, however, if this political situation gets further out of hand, and results in serious social unrest, sponsored by the LullaRat and his lackeys (the MST , MTST, CONTAG, left-wing syndicates), I have a feeling they might just be tempted to intervene, even if only temporarily to maintain law and order until new elections are announced (to be held in 180 days).
3. Egypt, Libya, Thailand there's more but I've already proved my point.
Apr 06th, 2016 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://en.mercopress.com/2016/04/06/brazil-s-governance-crisis-closer-to-a-snap-election-as-soon-as-october#comment436689: Egypt, Libya, Thailand? Are these countries so well governed that you British right wingers want to emulated them?
Apr 07th, 2016 - 03:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0Egypt and Thailand there is no rule of law and massive corruption under the military governments.
Libya has no government at all. It is controlled by various bands of thuggish militias - a result of British incompetence.
You must know that people in Brazil still remember just how corrupt, murderous and incompetent the military was in the interval from 1964 to 1985.
NONE of the parties are interested in the continuity of the investigations in the cases of corruption, money-laundering, etc. scandals.
Apr 07th, 2016 - 09:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Hence In the present circumstances of the political + economic crisis; Brazil has two options only!
#1: EITHER entrust the leadership into the hands of a leader who is the least corrupt
#2: OR legalize corruption + money-laundering.
NOTE:
REF: #1: The most honest may be the “illegal” money-changer/launderer!
Of course, the following is not meant for the Brazilian Politicians [They have the know-how already]:
Money-Laundering Made Easy or How the rich get richer: www.theguardian.com/news/video/2016/apr/03/the-panama-papers-how-to-hide-a-billion-dollars-video-explainer
I am talking before the current regimes. There's plenty of evidence to support military regimes in low education countries. It answers the primary need for security above all else.
Apr 07th, 2016 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina was never more safe than when it was under Military rule.
A snap election as soon as October? What economic miracles are expected by the Brazilians?
Apr 07th, 2016 - 03:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0REF:i0.wp.com/www.humorpolitico.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Venezuela-Dilma-e-Lula.jpeg?resize=580%2C398
@6 Hippy
Apr 07th, 2016 - 06:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“You must know that people in Brazil still remember just how corrupt, murderous and incompetent the military was in the interval from 1964 to 1985”.
That's a rather broad (and incorrect) statement from someone who has never lived in Brazil and unfortunately has no friggin' idea what happened here during that period. Have you been corresponding with some 'petista' scum ?
Why do you insist on chipping in when you know damn all about Brazil ? May I suggest you stick to your stupid rants about the Falklands ....
It's time for the Brazilians to start migrating to Venezuela!
Apr 08th, 2016 - 10:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0@11 LoBoMAU
Apr 08th, 2016 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0maybe not, as VZ might come to Brazil...
Hi, Jack! So far the Venezuelans have not shown any interest in migrating to Brazil. Also the number of Venezuelan refugees in Brazil; is minimum. That's a sure sign that there isn't much of a difference in the living conditions in both the countries. Besides that, the way the corrupt & incompetent leaders are handling the Brazilian Economy; for the Brazilians, Venezuela may soon be a better place to live.
Apr 11th, 2016 - 12:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0@13 LoBoMAU
Apr 11th, 2016 - 06:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0it's a bit of a 'catch 22' situation....'se correr, o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho come'...
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