Former Brazilian President Michel Temer defended this Friday in Lisbon the change of the Brazilian political system to a Portuguese semi-presidential regime, praising the example of Portugal, which terminates mandates and governments without the need for “impeachment” processes.
Michel Temer, who came to power as a result of an “impeachment” process (a lawsuit against a head of state that prevents him from holding office), said this Friday at a conference organized by Lide Brasil that Brasilia should look to Lisbon as an example of a political system.
In Portugal, “when a government needs to be changed, the government falls because it loses its parliamentary majority, and another parliamentary majority forms and installs a new government. And there is no injury, as happened in Brazil, because of the so-called handicap,” Temer said, believing that “impeachment” “has become fashionable in Brazil. It has always been a hindrance.”
And that was his case, he admitted. “I came to power constitutionally in a system sponsored by the legislature and coordinated by the highest federal court. It is always an institutional trauma,” admitted Temer, opening the meeting.
“Who knows, maybe we’ll come out of there with the idea that we can improve the system of government by implementing a semi-presidential system, and maybe we can get back to talking about flowers,” he said in a speech he called on April 25. , the carnation revolution.
April 25 allowed Portugal to develop “extraordinarily” and today Brazil needs “a revolution of roses or lilies so that we can exchange flowers and leave thorns behind,” Temer admitted, calling for the appeasement of political discourse.
“Over time, we have a lot of thorns, we cannot forget them, but we must look ahead and distribute roses or lilies,” he added, praising the calmness of the regime in Portugal.
“The semi-presidency adopted in Portugal is a symptom of calm,” and Portuguese heads of state and government representing different parties “exchange colors and lead Portugal with great wisdom,” he said, believing that this is what Brazil needs. .
“We must move towards a reform of the state system,” he said, acknowledging that the Brazilian model has structural problems. “They talk about the disappearance of political parties and, conversely, about the increase in the number of so-called party abbreviations.”
In his speech, Temer emphasized the importance of Portugal for Brazil.
“It will not be superfluous to repeat that Portugal is our homeland, we were discovered by Portugal, we have preserved our territorial unity thanks to the presence of D. João VI, who has maintained national unity”, contrary to what happened in the rest of Latin America. .
Currently, Portugal and Brazil have a strong commercial relationship that is “growing year after year,” Temer said.
And “when the trend towards a MERCOSUR agreement with the European Union begins to strengthen, undoubtedly Portugal can become a gateway for MERCOSUR products, in particular from Brazil,” he concluded.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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