An indirect election in 2017 would be a coup within a coup.

It is ironic that those who now cite the Constitution when arguing for an indirect election in 2017 should Temer be ousted are the same ones who consistently downplayed the Constitution during the impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff.

To impeach Dilma, it was necessary to "flexibilize the Constitution" regarding its requirement of a crime of responsibility to remove presidents from office, because the then-president would be undergoing a "political trial."

In reality, what existed there was an undeniably widespread desire among the population to remove Dilma from office. This sentiment was constructed by the media and the alliance between PSDB and PMDB, which led people to believe that by overthrowing the government, the economy would get back on track.

It was obvious that this wouldn't happen because the economic crisis was and is merely an unfolding of the political crisis triggered by the media, the Lava Jato operation, and upper-middle-class movements, which managed to mobilize wealthy neighborhoods in capital cities to organize demonstrations and demand the downfall of a political group they believed was taking from the rich to give to the poor.

It was predictable that this wouldn't work. Even if Dilma were guilty of everything she's accused of, violating the Constitution just because the majority wanted it wouldn't work; whichever side of the political spectrum was affected wouldn't let the political crisis subside, and if that crisis persisted, the economic crisis would continue.

Not to mention that the impeachment removed the part of the federal government that wasn't involved in corruption, only to put the part that was, the PMDB party, in charge.

In other words, the impeachment removed the good part of Dilma's government (Herself) and left the bad part, namely Michel Temer and the PMDB party.

The coup plotters, however, had a sudden surge of love for the Constitution. The newspaper O Globo, for example, recently published an editorial advocating that the Constitution be upheld if Michel Temer's extensive involvement in corruption and his abysmal approval ratings result in his downfall.

If this occurs in 2017 or 2018, the Constitution stipulates that the President of the Republic be appointed by indirect election in the National Congress. However, the same Constitution required Dilma to have committed a crime of responsibility, and the argument for impeaching her without such a crime existing was that a "political trial" would be taking place based on the will of the people.

And to hell with the Constitution.

Check out the editorial from O Globo.

However, the country's situation no longer allows for a literal interpretation of the Constitution. And those who triggered this process were the ones who ousted Dilma. A huge portion of the population will not accept the dictates of the Constitution because they have already managed to violate it once in the name of "popular will."

The con artists made their bed, now let them lie in it.

Paraná Research A survey conducted between December 6th and 8th with over 2 voters across Brazil shows that, once again, the people don't care about the Constitution.

The number of those who want direct elections if Temer leaves office is overwhelming.

Even in the research institute that yielded the least significant results, support for direct elections is enormous. Datafolha63% stated that they want direct elections for Temer's successor.

However, the question from the Paraná Institute and the one from Datafolha are different. The first institute confronts the interviewee with the possibility of an indirect election, while the second asks if the interviewee wants Temer to resign and call for a direct election by the end of this year, which has already ended.

Well, it would be impractical to hold such an election. It would be a rash decision by Temer in a very short timeframe. Nobody believes it. The Datafolha poll question is idiotic, to say the least. Hence the lower – albeit majority – support for the idea of ​​direct elections.

But the crux of the matter is that the current Congress is demoralized. The involvement of countless parliamentarians in the Lava Jato corruption scandal and other scandals has given this Congress its worst approval rating since the "dwarfs of the budget" scandal in 1993.

Check out the research Datafolha Regarding the terrible approval ratings of the House and Senate.

The reason for this sudden love of the coup plotters for the Constitution they trampled on when they impeached Dilma without her having committed any crime of responsibility is clear; they are afraid of Lula, whom ten out of ten fascists said was "finished." If the election were held today, the possibility of him being elected is very high.

And it's a growing possibility. Yes, that's right: GROWING

In the last post, the Blog showed that since March of this year, Lula has been increasing in voting intentions while his rejection rate has been falling month by month. In other words: the attacks from Lava Jato, the media, and fascist demonstrations against him have had the opposite effect to what was intended.

Several right-wing columnists go so far as to say that the only way to prevent Lula from being elected will be to imprison the former president. Not for any crime he may have committed, but for political reasons.

Reinaldo Azevedo, from Veja and Folha de São Paulo, for example, wrote In plain language, all that's left for the stupid right is to hope that Lula will be in jail in 2018.

Does anyone need a more eloquent confession than this one from the Nazi-fascist right wing we have in Brazil?

But the underlying issue in these reflections is the possibility of an indirect presidential election next year. Everyone knows that Globo and the rest of the pro-PSDB media want to put FHC in power without him needing that "poor people's thing" that is voting in the ballot box.

An indirect election next year would be a coup within a coup. It would be a rigged game that the people would not accept. We would all suffer as the country plunged even further into political instability.

Last April, the International Monetary Fund already said that the Brazilian economic crisis only exists because of a political crisis that we all know began in 2013.

That's why, at this point in the game, an indirect election would be a coup. Or rather, a coup within a coup. Let the coup plotters understand while they still can: the people won't allow it. Mark my words.