The country needs a reform of the Presidency.

By Alex Solnik, for the Journalists for Democracy - There's no point in trying to change the subject. The issue is the breach of decorum and dignity of the office. It can't be forgotten. Not even time can erase it. The wrongdoing occurred. The market is frightened. Even the least fanatical Bolsonaro supporters couldn't believe what they saw. The world is simultaneously perplexed, laughing, and frightened by Brazil.

All the editorials condemn what he did. But they don't encourage more drastic measures, such as impeachment.

"Veja" magazine says on its cover that he came out of the episode "less president and more Bolsonaro." "O Globo" writes that the tweet was "disastrous" and that he should "get off the soapbox" and that the pension reform "is a life-or-death test for the government." "Estadão" follows the same line. Nelson Motta asks in his article: what foreign investor will put money in a country that has a president like this?

I find it strange that some people agree that he committed a crime of responsibility, but not that he should be impeached. That's the position of Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, for example, the minority leader. And also that of Reinaldo Azevedo.

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They must think that in the name of pension reform it's better not to mess with the "porn-president," in Paulo Moreira Leite's definition. That's more or less what many Bolsonaro voters thought. They voted for him to avoid what would be – for them – the greatest evil. They were wrong last year and continue to be wrong now. They are trying to avoid another greater evil: the failure of the reform.

If what he did falls under the list of crimes of responsibility of the President of the Republic, the constitutional procedure must be followed. It doesn't matter that he is a new president. There is no mention of that in the article.

Dilma committed no crime, but was impeached, and Bolsonaro, who did commit a crime, will come out on top?

Either the law applies to everyone or it applies to no one.

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A president lacking moral authority will not convince the population to passively accept a reform that only worsens the situation for retirees, especially the poorest. No matter how much misleading propaganda is spread. It would be a task for a skillful, conciliatory, intelligent, generous, sincere, kind, caring leader, concerned about the population.

Everything that he is not and never will be.

Instead of pension reform, the country needs presidential reform.

PS: He slipped up again today. He called women "rare gems." He was just short of objectifying women.

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