Governor of Goiás and the Presidency of the Republic in 2026, () said on Monday (5) that presidentialism “was destroyed” in Brazil and criticized the use of parliamentary amendments as a bargaining currency in government negotiations-shattering his party being one of the greatest beneficiaries of the use of amendments.
“The Government Plan is the president. The deputy was made to approve the budget, oversee the budget and legislate in materials of complementary and ordinary law to the proposal. This is the purpose of the deputy and the senator. Now, it is not he who will pass the money, which is discretionary, who is in the government plan, to do what he thinks he should do in the municipality. Promoted by the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Foundation, in São Paulo.
According to the governor, today the country is experiencing a “institutional disorder”, while the president’s figure was weakened. “Presidentialism was destroyed in Brazil. Where is the liturgy of the position of the Presidency of the Republic?
“You see totally weakened presidentialism, one that has entered and defines the whole part of the Federal Government today, a Supreme [Tribunal Federal] which often proposes to change legislation. Why? Because there are several voids. It’s like making a diagnosis: what is the cause of headache? It is the lack of a President of the Republic, “he said.
