IN THE PALACE - Fear: legal advice to separate the PMDB PT bills, proposals to lift the economy out of the ICU and private conversations with GDP (Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters)
"Go get the employee who is responsible replace me." That was the Deodoro da Fonseca order, the first president of the Republic in 1891, sending warn his deputy and disaffection, Floriano Peixoto, that the office was vacant. Since the birth of the Republic, in times of deadlock, if the background of the vices rose to take power. In 1909, Nile took over after the death of President Affonso Penna. Delfim Moreira, eighth vice president, became the third party to take over the presidency on the death of Rodrigues Alves, a victim of Spanish flu. Café Filho, the death of Getúlio Vargas on the way to impeachment.Jango, the resignation of Janio Quadros. The junta, by the General Costa e Silva disease. José Sarney, the death of Tancredo Neves, and Itamar Franco, the impeachment of Fernando Collor.
Now, Michel Temer, so yes, in case, decided to prepare for the possibility, more real every day, Dilma Rousseff be removed from power. In thirty years of political career, Fear always behaved with discretion, avoided controversy and carefully measured every word spoken, in order to balance between different and often conflicting interests. In the public eye, he became the portrait of unsalted politician. Behind the scenes, however, it has established itself as an expert in the art work quietly sew aisle agreements and climb stairs in power hierarchy. Even without arousing passions, Fear won three times the presidency of the House of Representatives and was elected twice vice-president. Even without shine at the polls, is now preparing for the biggest challenge of his career. Fear and chieftains of the PMDB party, which he heads, are certain that Dilma Rousseff will be revoked at the beginning of next year. Instead of helping her, they want to replace it. And the plan, daring, goes far beyond the simple intention. They already have on hand a legal interpretation to ensure ownership of vice, a proposal to lift the economy out of the ICU and even alliances closed in Congress.
President Dilma Rousseff, of course, faces an unprecedented moment of weakness. It has no popular support or parliament, dealing with a recession scenario and inflation and is threatened by the possibility of opening the impeachment process. In addition, it runs the risk of having the mandate revoked by the Electoral Court, if upheld a complaint that abused political and economic power, including Dirty petrolão money to get reelected. It is precisely in the open in front of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) that Temer and the PMDB bet to take over the government. Shares in court have to Rousseff and Temer plate targets. The PMDB's strategy is to separate the analysis of campaign accounts of the vice president of analysis of campaign accounts. The goal is to allocate the crimes committed only to mandatory, excluding's deputy eventual punishment, which would give him the right to ascend to the post of president. Expert in constitutional law, Temer drafted in his own hand a preliminary opinion that, in his assessment, allows the TSE unlinking the two accounts. The text has been presented to ministers of superior courts, renowned jurists and election law experts. The receptivity encouraged Temer.
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