Temer's team confident it has the political support to implement tough measures

Saturday, May 14th 2016 - 09:09 UTC

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Brazil's interim government said on Friday it has the political support for tough measures needed to return the economy to growth and can secure a permanent mandate once populist President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial is over. Presidential Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha said the incoming government understood it was only provisional for now and had ordered portraits of Rousseff to be left hanging in federal buildings. Read full article

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ChrisR
“Eliseu Padilha said the incoming government understood it was only provisional for now and had ordered portraits of Rousseff to be left hanging in federal buildings.”

Never mind, at the end of the 180 days they will be able to hang the real thing off the nearest lamp post.

I take it the 'tough measures' relate to no more public money being thieved by the politicians?

Deck chairs and The Titanic jump to mind.
May 14th, 2016 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hepatia
The Temer administration is totally illegitimate. And its only hope of survival to kill the lava jato investigations - which it is trying to do.

I do not expect that this administration will survive the remainder of the term. See:
https://theintercept.com/2016/05/11/brazils-democracy-to-suffer-grievous-blow-today-as-unelectable-corrupt-neoliberal-is-installed/
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