After Reelection, Dilma Suffers Defeat in Congress

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 29 Oct 2014 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha
In the first day of Congressional activity after her reelection, President Dilma Rousseff suffered her first defeat in the House of Representatives.Congressmen approved a bill (PDC 1491/14) that annuls the presidential decree that created the National Policy for Social Participation, with many options for society to influence public policy. The opposition – supported by the PMDB, PSD and other parties in the base – criticizes the decree as invasive of congressional prerogatives and a possible attempt to take over the State, since all participation would be coordinated by the General Secreta...

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