Temer Effect: More political reform, fewer parliamentary commissions of inquiry.

The Vice-President, who has assumed responsibility for the government's political coordination, met with former President Lula this afternoon; "I found him to be enthusiastic about political reform," he commented; Michel Temer (PMDB) said he is visiting party presidents and leaders to, according to him, "emphasize the idea that reform is fundamental"; since Temer became responsible for the relationship between the Executive and Legislative branches, two Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry (CPIs) have been shelved, the one on the BNDES yesterday, and the one on pension funds today; Temer will also meet with former President Fernando Henrique, despite Aécio Neves's reluctance.

April 09, 2015, 21:27 hUpdated July 05, 2018, 08:04 pm

The Vice-President, who has assumed responsibility for the government's political coordination, met with former President Lula this afternoon; "I found him to be enthusiastic about political reform," he commented; Michel Temer (PMDB) said he is visiting party presidents and leaders to, according to him, "emphasize the idea that reform is fundamental"; since Temer became responsible for the relationship between the Executive and Legislative branches, two CPIs (Parliamentary Commissions of Inquiry) have been shelved, the BNDES one yesterday, and the pension fund one today; Temer will also meet with former President Fernando Henrique, despite Aécio Neves's reluctance (Photo: Gisele Federicce).

247 - The Vice President of the Republic, Michel Temer, met with former President Lula on Thursday afternoon, the 9th, in São Paulo. Temer, a member of the PMDB party, stated that he found in Lula someone "enthusiastic" about working towards political reform.

"I found in him someone enthusiastic about political reform," he said, commenting that Lula is very willing to debate the topic. The conversation took place at the Lula Institute headquarters in São Paulo.

The vice-president said he had received a request from the rapporteur of the Chamber's political reform committee to help with this agenda. He added that he was visiting party presidents and leaders to, according to him, "emphasize the argument that reform is fundamental."

At the invitation of President Dilma Rousseff and with the support of Lula, Temer assumed last Tuesday the responsibilities of the government's political coordination, which were previously held by Minister Pepe Vargas, of Institutional Relations.

Since then, two parliamentary commissions of inquiry have been shelved in Congress. YesterdaySix senators who had signed the request to create the BNDES CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) withdrew their names, making it impossible to begin investigations into the bank's loans. The author of the request, Senator Ronaldo Caiado (DEM-GO), promises to launch a new offensive.

This Thursday, the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into pension funds it was also filedafter seven senators reversed their decision, most of them (six) from the PSB party. "I am devastated," commented Senator Ana Amélia (PP-RS), who, along with Senator Aloysio Nunes (PSDB-SP), led the collection of signatures.

Dilma declared todayDuring an event in Rio de Janeiro, it was stated that Temer has "immense capacity for dialogue" and that his "autonomy is guaranteed." According to 247 columnist Tereza Cruvinel, the meeting between Temer and Lula today was "another positive sign in favor of political stabilization, according to the market and political and economic analysts."read more).

In addition to Lula, Temer will also meet with former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso next week, despite the reluctance of the PSDB president, Senator Aécio Neves (MG). According to the vice-president, if the parties don't back down, "political reform will never happen."