Tag: coalition presidentialism
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, BRAZIL – Three years ago, the Curmudgeon published a comment describing Brazil's biggest problem: the 1988 Constitution created an essentially parliamentary system with institutional features that hinder governance under a presidential system.
That continues to...
Opinion, by Michael Royster
São Paulo, Brazil – President Jair Bolsonaro has made it clear—he is NOT going to go back to the "old politics," commonly dubbed "toma lá dá cá," meaning "you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours." The...