Luciano Huck rescues FHC’s criticism of Congress and advocates change in politics

Presenter Luciano Huck criticized Brazil’s political system this Saturday, 5, in his X profile (former Twitter). Rescuing an excerpt from the participation of former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso in the Roda Viva program in 1993, where he criticizes the National Congress, Huck stated that “coalition presidentialism became a collision presidentialism” and defended a change without specifying which one.

In the stretch, FHC, who held the position of Foreign Minister, states that Brazil’s political system was “confused” because of the increased power of Congress. The interview took place on the eve of the 1993 referendum, which chose the political system of Brazil.

“Our current (political) regime is neither presidentialist nor parliamentaryist, it is a confused” congressualism, “in which Congress has greatly increased power to say no, to veto, but did not increase its responsibility in the decision,” says FHC in the video.

The plebiscite was determined after the redemocratization of Brazil. Most voters voted in favor of the republican regime and the presidential system, in which the country had been governed since the proclamation of the Republic in 1889.

In the post, Huck says FHC’s answer remains these days. “When a diagnosis thought 32 years ago – by someone with knowledge of cause and common sense like President FHC – is still current, it is a sign that we fail to build solutions,” he wrote.

“There is still time to change. The challenge now is to rescue common sense and dialogue, before only one presidentialism of confusion becomes,” he added.

Huck’s statement, which considered being a presidential candidate in the 2018 and 2022 elections, is held amid the clash between the Lula government and the National Congress around the decrees dealing with the Financial Operations Tax (IOF). The congress overturned the government’s decrees, which responded with a lawsuit in the Supreme Court (STF).

Minister Alexandre de Moraes, responsible for the case in the Supreme Court, ordered the suspension of the decrees and the veto of Congress and scheduled a conciliation hearing between the executive and the legislature on the subject on the 15th.

Divergences between the two powers also mobilized clashes on social networks, with a campaign by government members with criticism of Congress, especially to President Hugo Motta (Republicans).