Were it not for Brazil challenged the rejection of the first decree in Congress for decades

Sao Paulo (AP) – On Wednesday, the Brazilian conference canceled a presidential decree for decades, and rejected the move by the president Louise Insio Lula da Silva To raise the financial transactions tax and support references full of media to manage the left at the center.

Lula allies got only 98 votes compared to 383 in the House of Representatives to maintain the tax increase in some transactions, including foreign currency exchange and credit cards. Two hours later, Senators also defeated the decree.

This was the first time that legislators have transferred a presidential decree in Brazil since 1992, in reprimanding Lula one before the upcoming presidential election campaign in the country.

The rejection came despite the fact that the members of Lula said that the content of the decree had been negotiated with the legislative leaders, including Senate Speaker Hugo Motta and Senator Difi Alculombury, Speaker of the Senate.

Motta, who is seen as moderate, said that the vote “speaks for itself” and that “every branch of power must understand the limits of the other. This is democracy.” He did not explain.

Thomas Traumman, an independent political advisor and a former Brazilian minister, said that the decision of the legislators indicates that it had no “a stable majority in Congress.” She described it as a historical defeat for the president about a year before the campaign’s path began.

“If this was a parliamentary system, it would have been the end of this government,” said Traumman.

The former president had to have a decree by Congress, Fernando Color for more than 32 years, just weeks before his isolation and removal from his position. His decree was about the bonds issued by the government.

Since the presidency of Michel Timmer between 2016 and 2018, the Brazilian conference has been able to control most of the country’s budget, but the president can raise some taxes under the decree.

Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Thursday that the Brazilian government is considering three alternatives to deal with the decision of Congress – take it to the Supreme Court, or seek to obtain new sources of income or reduce the country’s budget.

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