Costa Pinto: Temer's government is led astray by arrogance.

Journalist Luis Costa Pinto compares Michel Temer's actions to those of former president Itamar Franco; "The president lets himself be carried away by enthusiasm. He accumulates errors in the exercise of power – most of them stemming from the arrogance of his team," says the journalist; "Two weeks before Carnival, it's time to examine one's conscience and plan some retreats. The economic squeeze will inflame the streets, which no longer tolerate the cronyism, patrimonialism, cynicism, and messianic behavior of a group long entrenched among the ipê trees of the Central Plateau," he adds.

February 13, 2017, 12:25 PMUpdated June 28, 2018, 09:15 pm

Journalist Luis Costa Pinto compares Michel Temer's actions to those of former president Itamar Franco; "The president lets himself be carried away by enthusiasm. He accumulates errors in the exercise of power – most of them stemming from the arrogance of his team," says the journalist; "Two weeks before Carnival, it's time to examine one's conscience and plan some retreats. The economic squeeze will inflame the streets, which no longer tolerate the cronyism, patrimonialism, cynicism, and messianic behavior of a group that has long been entrenched among the ipê trees of the Central Plateau," he adds (Photo: Aquiles Lins).

247 - Journalist Luis Costa Pinto stated this Monday, the 13th, that lacking legitimacy, Michel Temer's government is being led astray "by arrogance."

In an article in Power 360Costa Pinto compares Temer's actions to those of former president Itamar Franco. "The absence of the legitimacy of the popular vote taints, from the beginning, the government that ascended to power after the impeachment triggered by a particular reinterpretation of a constitutional norm that was in force while it was necessary to produce the rupture. Without any notion of the exact extent of the popular ignorance regarding his ideas, surrounded by provincial friends, and himself a mature man enchanted by the attraction that power exerts, the president lets himself be carried away by enthusiasm. He accumulates errors in the exercise of power – most stemming from the arrogance of his team," says the journalist.

"The successive open confrontations with the Judiciary, with the Public Prosecutor's Office, with a segment of common sense in civil society, and even with some of the UDN supporters on duty (these, generally despicable beings, but who at the moment serve as fuel for arsonists) have to be reconsidered," he stated.

The journalist recalls that upon taking office, Temer swore he would not be ashamed to backtrack and acknowledge mistakes. "Two weeks before Carnival, it's time for some self-examination and to plan some retreats. The economic squeeze will inflame the streets, which no longer tolerate the cronyism, patrimonialism, cynicism, and messianic behavior of a group long entrenched among the ipê trees of the Central Plateau," he adds.