Political Insights: Week of June 16

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 16 Jun 2014 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

A quiet week in Congress:On Tuesday, because of the national team’s game against Mexico, federal civil servants will be released from work at 12:30pm.Thursday is a national holiday (Corpus Christi).A new presidential poll by CNI/Ibope may be released on Friday. Dilma’s decree on popular participation creates crisis with Congress Dilma issued a decree creating the Social Participation Policy, which submits government actions for consultation with popular councils. This did not sit well with Congress, as the opposition and a large part of the governing base disagree with the measure. The oppo...

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