Brasilia.-Eduardo Cunha, a deputy who opposed various legislative proposals of the President’s government during her first term, is the new president of the Chamber of Deputies
Dilma Rousseff’s government suffered its first major defeat of the new legislature at the opening of the Brazilian Congress on Sunday. Deputy Eduardo Cunha, from the opposition PMDB, was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies in the first round. Cunha, a long-time headache for Dilma’s government, received 267 votes, ten more than necessary, after running a campaign that stressed the separation between legislators and the executive. The consolation for the president on the day was that her candidate for the Senate, Renan Calheiros, also from the PMDB, was reelected without any problems.
After announcing his victory, Cunha proclaimed that he would be the “president of all” and that, despite the “intention of the Executive to intervene” in the elections for the Chamber of Deputies, he held no grudges. “There is no desire on our part to retaliate. It was a very contested campaign, but people made it very clear that they were seeking the independence of Parliament.” [frente al Ejecutivo]. It is [el Congreso] “This is the stage where the debates that are needed should take place and will take place, with complete certainty. We never said that we would be the opposition, but we said that we would not be submissive, and we will not be.”
The new president of the Chamber of Deputies, who faced Rousseff’s government, particularly during the grueling process of voting on the Ports Law in 2013, will have the power to define what will go to a vote in the House. Without being aligned with the Planalto Palace, despite being part of the government’s base, Cunha could cause problems for the president if he proposes projects that could force the Executive to spend more than it had planned, especially in a year in which it had planned an economic adjustment.
Eduardo Cunha, a deputy who opposed various legislative proposals of the president’s government during her first term, is the new president of the Chamber of Deputies
Dilma Rousseff’s government suffered its first major defeat of the new legislature at the opening of the Brazilian Congress on Sunday. Deputy Eduardo Cunha, from the opposition PMDB, was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies in the first round. Cunha, a long-time headache for Dilma’s government, received 267 votes, ten more than necessary, after running a campaign that stressed the separation between legislators and the executive. The consolation for the president on the day was that her candidate for the Senate, Renan Calheiros, also from the PMDB, was reelected without any problems.
After announcing his victory, Cunha proclaimed that he would be the “president of all” and that, despite the “intention of the Executive to intervene” in the elections for the Chamber of Deputies, he held no grudges. “There is no desire on our part to retaliate. It was a very contested campaign, but people made it very clear that they were seeking the independence of Parliament.” [frente al Ejecutivo]. It is [el Congreso] “This is the stage where the debates that are needed should take place and will take place, with complete certainty. We never said that we would be the opposition, but we said that we would not be submissive, and we will not be.”
The new president of the Chamber of Deputies, who faced Rousseff’s government, particularly during the grueling process of voting on the Ports Law in 2013, will have the power to define what will go to a vote in the House. Without being aligned with the Planalto Palace, despite being part of the government’s base, Cunha could cause problems for the president if he proposes projects that could force the Executive to spend more than it had planned, especially in a year in which it had planned an economic adjustment.
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2024-08-10 09:08:20
