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      Temer blocks PEC (Proposed Constitutional Amendment) for the 2017 elections.

      Contrary to the wishes of 63% of the population who support his immediate removal and the holding of direct elections, Michel Temer is acting to block the progress of the constitutional amendment that would allow elections in 2017; Congressman Miro Teixeira (Rede-RJ), author of the proposal in the Chamber of Deputies, says that the president of the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ), Osmar Serraglio (PMDB-PR), reported pressure from the Civil House to prevent the proposal from being put to a vote; "We are back to living in a presidential system of co-optation, in which Parliament is subordinated to the interests of the government," he criticizes.

      Contrary to the wishes of 63% of the population who support his immediate resignation and the holding of direct elections, Michel Temer is acting to block the progress of the constitutional amendment that would allow elections in 2017; Congressman Miro Teixeira (Rede-RJ), author of the proposal in the Chamber of Deputies, says that the president of the CCJ (Committee on Constitution and Justice), Osmar Serraglio (PMDB-PR), reported pressure from the Civil House to prevent the proposal from being put to a vote; "We are back to living in a presidential system of co-optation, in which Parliament is subordinated to the interests of the government," he criticizes (Photo: Aquiles Lins).

      247 - The government of President Michel Temer, who is rejected by 63% of the population, who support Temer's resignation and direct elections according to the Datafolha Institute, is acting to block the progress of the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution that would allow for direct presidential elections in 2017.

      According to the author of the proposal in the Chamber of Deputies, Representative Miro Teixeira (Rede-RJ), the text has been stalled for six months in the hands of the president of the Constitution and Justice Committee, Osmar Serraglio (PMDB-PR), an ally of Temer. 

      "The president of the CCJ said he received instructions from the Civil House not to schedule the vote on the amendment. In the old days, that would have been an accusation," Miro ironically remarks. "How many times have we denounced government interference in the processing of bills in Congress? It seems we've returned to a system of co-optation presidentialism, where Parliament is subordinated to the government's interests," he criticizes.

      According to the rapporteur for the matter, Representative Esperidião Amin (PP-SC), the delay is inexplicable. "The chairman of the committee told me he would schedule the vote, but we are still waiting. He is delaying because of government interference," accuses Amin. "Brazil cannot withstand an indirect election. If the former vice-president is already being challenged, imagine a new president elected indirectly by Congress," says the representative.