Leaders are already talking about the risk to 'governability'.
According to Marcelo Ramos (AM), deputy leader of the PR, "seeking a minimum consensus on the reform, even without the expected fiscal impact at this initial stage, could be a way to show that the country is still governable."
247 - A former minister and former leader in the National Congress believes that the Jair Bolsonaro government "is heading towards the precipice and ignoring warning signs," as pointed out by... Estadão ColumnAccording to this former minister, parliamentarians should not get caught up in the Bolsonaro supporters' rhetoric and should pass the buck because time is working against the government.
According to Marcelo Ramos (AM), deputy leader of the PR, "seeking a minimum consensus on the reform, even without the expected fiscal impact at this initial stage, could be a way to show that the country is still governable."
Members of Parliament also disliked the phrase uttered by the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, which sounded like blackmail: "I have a life outside of here," the minister stated during a hearing at the Senate's Committee on Economic Affairs.
Bolsonaro will begin meeting with party presidents as soon as he returns from Jerusalem (Israel).
Last Thursday (23), the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), told TV Globo that Jair Bolsonaro needs "less time taking care of Twitter". He also stated that the government is a "desert of ideas", in an article published by the newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo the following day.
On another occasion, during an interview with journalists, the congressman asked Bolsonaro for peace. "From now on, I will no longer respond to any jokes, any insinuations, nothing; what we need is for him to work, Brazil needs the reform (...). I will only have one topic with you (the press), which is Social Security," he said.