Dilma Rousseff proposes 5 Important Points for Referendum

Correspondent (South America)

After the social protest occurred in around 80 cities of Brazil some weeks ago, another started due to the increase of the bus fare. On June 24, the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, explained the idea of making a political reform through a plebiscite.

On July 1, Rousseff presented the project of plebiscite to the Electoral Justice at the justice meeting to discuss the realisation of the process. The president of the Latin-American country declared, “Our government is listening to popular expression.”

In context of this referendum, five important points were proposed to reform the nation’s politics. Among these, Rousseff has made the query address campaign finance, the electoral system, the substitutions of parliamentarians, party coalitions and the secret ballot in the Houses. Brazilian Vice President Michel Fear delivered the proposed plebiscite to the parliamentary authorities, and Justice Minister José Eduardo Cardozo claimed that it was just a “project”.

The protest that left a sad balance of four deaths and at least seven injured, is supposed to continue through July 11. The call is across the social networks. The important point is that people not only claim a bus fare lowering, but also a “Democratisation of information” because Brazilian citizens feel that the large media companies manipulate them.

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