Tereza Cruvinel: Strikes can be a tool to postpone elections.
Journalist Tereza Cruvinel warned this Thursday, the 24th, that the truckers' strike could be a tool used by business groups interested in postponing the October elections; "There is reliable information that this is a business lockout that may have political objectives. If the strike and its effects persist, repression and unrest will follow. And that will be the perfect setup for those who are thinking about postponing the elections," says Tereza.
247 - Journalist Tereza Cruvinel warned this Thursday, the 24th, that the truckers' strike could be a tool used by business groups interested in postponing the October elections.
"Deputy Miro Teixeira warned from the podium: this is not a strike. There is reliable information that this is a business lockout that may have political objectives. If the strike and its effects persist, repression and upheaval will follow. And that will be the perfect recipe for those who are thinking of postponing the elections. Incidentally, right-wing parliamentarians were the ones who most praised the bravery of the truck drivers," says Tereza in her column in [publication name]. Newspapers in Brazil.
Amid the crisis of the Temer government, the Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Committee (CCJ) of the Senate approved on Wednesday, the 23rd, the regulation of indirect elections for President of the Republic in case of vacancy occurring in the last two years of the term. The project, by Senator Ronaldo Caiado (DEM), fits like a glove with the articulation that intends to bring the president of the Chamber, Rodrigo Maia, also from DEM, to the Presidency of the Republic by indirect election.read more).