Economist: PMDB 'has been torturing' Dilma

The British magazine "Economist", in its Americas print edition on Saturday (25), describes the performance of Vice President Michel Temer (PMDB) in the face of the crisis experienced by the country as that of a kind of prime minister, but states that the PMDB has been a "quarrelsome ally"; "Rousseff faces a weak economy, high inflation and a major bribery scandal at Petrobras", explains the report. "The PMDB has tortured her by weakening fiscal austerity, the basis of her economic policy, and by threatening impeachment along with opposition parties", it adds.

July 23, 2015, 23:53 pmUpdated July 04, 2018, 19:46 pm

The British magazine "Economist", in its Americas print edition on Saturday (25), describes the performance of Vice President Michel Temer (PMDB) in the face of the crisis experienced by the country as that of a kind of prime minister, but states that the PMDB has been a "quarrelsome ally"; "Rousseff faces a weak economy, high inflation and a major bribery scandal at Petrobras", explains the report. "The PMDB has tortured her by weakening fiscal austerity, the basis of her economic policy, and by threatening impeachment along with opposition parties", it adds (Photo: Valter Lima)

247 - The British magazine "Economist", in its Americas print edition on Saturday (25), describes the performance of Vice President Michel Temer (PMDB) in the face of the crisis experienced by the country as that of a kind of prime minister, but states that the PMDB has been a "quarrelsome ally".

The text, which can already be read on the publication's website, addresses the difficulties Dilma has with the PMDB party, the strengthening of the ally in the government's leadership, and the statement by the Speaker of the House, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), that he is now in opposition. According to the report, Finance Minister Joaquim Levy meets more often with Temer than with President Dilma Rousseff.

"Rousseff faces a weak economy, high inflation, and a major bribery scandal at Petrobras," the report explains. "The PMDB has been torturing her by weakening fiscal austerity, the basis of her economic policy, and by threatening impeachment along with opposition parties," the text adds.

Commenting on Cunha's departure from the allied base, "The Economist" presents the PMDB as a party that lacks a political identity and has not fielded a presidential candidate since 1994. "Election winners turn to the PMDB for support, but not for guidance on how to govern," it explains.