‘Fear of the sovereignty of the people’, says Gleisi in criticism of the PEC of semi -presentialism

Federal Representative Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), PT’s national president, criticized on Sunday (9) the proposal of amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that establishes semi -presentialism in the country. The model is alternative to presidentialism and gives more power to Congress on issues as the Government Plan and Budget of the Union.

For the petista, the proposal of federal deputy Luiz Carlos Hauly (Somos-PR) intends to “take from the majority of the population the right to elect a president with actual powers to rule”. “It’s a lot of fear of the sovereignty of the people,” Gleisi said in the X (former Twitter).

The PEC was filed with the House last week after gathering the subscription quorum required to begin to process. Signatures include the support of Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), the new president of the house. Despite signaling support for the text, Motta said he does not intend to accelerate the project.

Former Minister of the Civil House and quoted to take over the General Secretariat of the Presidency, as Estadão anticipated, Gleisi recalled that the parliamentary system has already been rejected by Brazilians on two occasions.

PEC of semi -presentialism

As a republic, Brazil has already adopted the parliamentary model from September 1961 to January 1963. The system, adopted as a resolution of the crisis caused by the renunciation of the presidency of Jânio Quadros, was discontinued after referendum with wide rejection of the model. A new popular consultation about the government model was held thirty years later, in which parliamentarism was rejected again.

The PT is absent from the list of 179 signatories of the text, but there are adhesions of the “hard core” of the government’s support base, such as seven PDT signatures and two from PSB, acronym by Vice President Geraldo Alckmin. In addition, PCdoB and PV, federated PT subtitles, register a support each.

The most famous examples of semi -presential countries are Portugal and France. If approved, a President of the Republic elected by direct vote would divide powers with a prime minister.

The model proposed by Hauly gives the president the prerogative of appointing the prime minister, but, on the other hand, empowers the House, giving parliamentarians more attributions to define the government plan and budget.

The president maintains prerogatives as appointing ministers of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and Superior Courts, as well as heads of diplomatic mission, president and directors of the Central Bank (BC), the Attorney General and the Attorney General of the Union. On the other hand, the appointment of ministers becomes the responsibility of Congress.