Brazil lives full democracy, says Temer

Vice-President and President of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) Michel Temer said today (Dec. 9) that Brazil lives in a "regime of extraordinary democratic normality" and that the institutions "are working." He made the statement when commenting on the decision of Supreme Court  Justice Edson Fachin to suspend proceedings to ouster President Dilma Rousseff. One of the issues raised by the minister, for example, was the secret vote held by the lower house to elect the committee's . In the ruling, Fachin points out that secret ballots are allowed by neither the Constitution nor the rules and regulations of the Chamber of Deputies.

Temer made the same comment about the approval of the ticket Uniting Brazil to form the special committee to examine the impeachment request. The ticket was mostly formed by opposition and dissidents from the ruling coalition. He added that the lower house reached the decision within their legitimate competence. "This reveals that we live in a regime of extraordinary democratic normality, the institutions have been functioning. We must preserve the institutions' activities and reveal this country's full democracy," he reported when speaking to journalists.

The vice president did not comment on the letter sent to the president on Monday (Dec. 7) reporting his dissatisfaction with the treatment received by the government, nor on the meeting with the president scheduled for tonight. When asked whether PMDB would  stampede from Rousseff's government, Temer gave a negative sign.

Translated by Amarílis Anchieta

Relacionadas

Supreme Court justice suspends lower house committee on impeachment

Opposition approves 39 names for impeachment committee