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Opinion: Brazil’s Political “Reform”

Opinion, by Michael Royster

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, pleased as punch to have ensured that President Temer could not be prosecuted, is now dedicated to saving the bacon of its own members by adopting something called political reform.

There can be no doubt that the current method of electing federal legislative representatives of the people is a disaster. There are now 27 political parties represented in the federal Chamber, none of which stand for anything at all other than the personal aggrandizement and unjust enrichment of their leaders.

Worse, neither the parties nor their leaders . . .

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