The Brazilian Congress elect the presidents of both chambers this Wednesday in the midst of a strong security operation after the attacks on the headquarters of public authorities in Brasilia a few weeks ago.
Bolsonaro sympathizers have already gathered in front of the entrance door of parliament with placards being read “Out Lula, out the thief”, alluding to the president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom they accuse of wanting to “destroy” the country.
Elected in October, the new congress (2023-2027) takes office it is even more to the right than the previous onea challenge to the reform agenda of the new leftist president.
A sample button is enough to get an idea of the climate awaiting the Brazilian president. The far right, led by MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, one of the former president’s three sons who works in politics, showed up in the plenary with posters saying “Out Lula, out the thief”That They showed the tone of the opposition that Lula will have to face.
In Brazil, the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, who are renewed every two years, set the agenda for voting. The group leader of the lower house, in fact the third authority of the country afterwards the president and the vice president also decide whether to admit the impeachment requests or whether to keep them in a drawer.
A well-known figure to preside over the lower house
This is already taken for granted in the presidency, the chamber will repeat Arthur Lira, figure of what is known as Center (the big centre), an informal coalition of parties that are conservative in character but are known above all for negotiating votes in exchange for offices or investments for their constituencies.
Rodrigo Pacheco He is one of the favorites to be re-elected to lead the Senate but could run into the candidacy of Rogério Marinho, from the Liberal Party (PL) of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.
The PL will be the main force in both chambers. With 99 of the 513 seats, it will have the largest seat in the House since 1998, and in the Senate, which renewed a third of its 81 seats in the elections, it will occupy 13.
Lula is aware of the political reality: “We don’t govern in Congress, we depend on Congress,” he told his ministers Jan. 6, noting that he won’t have an “ideological veto” or a “prohibited matter” to deal with legislative issues leading leaders. .
Lira told the channel World news what’s wrong a “calm and friendly” relationship with Lula.
Extreme security in the face of fear of radicalized Bolsonarists
The inauguration of lawmakers must begin at 10 in the morning, in the midst of a heavy security operation around Congress, less than a month after the uprising in Brasilia by thousands of radicalized Bolsonaro supporters.
The entrances to the building are closed to vehicular traffic and fences have been installed all around, manned by the patrols of the National Force.
On January 8, thousands of Bolsonarists, dissatisfied with Lula’s victory over the former far-right president in the October 2022 presidential elections, first invaded Congress before heading towards the presidential palace and the headquarters of the supreme court, a few steps from distance.
They razed part of the infrastructure, destroyed furniture and priceless works of art, and left behind graffiti calling for a coup.
More than two thousand people were arrestedand almost a quarter of them have already been charged.
Source: AFP
Source: Clarin
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