Lula opts for a quiet life
Apr 4
Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva is not a man in a hurry. Five months after he won a second term in a presidential election, he has finally put the finishing touches to a new cabinet. This massive 36-member contraption should guarantee him relatively tranquil relations with Congress and a safe passage through the rest of his four-year term.
The second edition of Lula's government is likely to produce fewer rows between economic reformers and left-wing dissenters. Lula's left-leaning Workers' Party (PT), which is even more sceptical, has lost influence. It will remain the biggest force in the cabinet with 16 seats, including the key economic-policy jobs.
In his first term Lula's reluctance to share power with other parties led to a congressional vote-buying scandal that nearly destroyed his presidency. This time he has given five plump ministries—controlling 44% of the federal investment budget—to the centrist Party of the Brazilian Democracy Movement (PMDB), the largest in Congress. Luciano Dias of the Brazilian Institute of Political Studies sees in this the start of a durable centre-left alliance that could realign the country's politics.
盧拉選擇寧靜的生活
路易斯·伊納西奧·盧拉·達席爾瓦不是一個做事匆忙的人。在贏得第二個總統(tǒng)任期5個月后，他才給新內(nèi)閣的組建加上了收尾之筆。這個龐大的36個成員組成的不同尋常的新班子應(yīng)該能夠使他和國會相對和平共處并平穩(wěn)地度過4年任期余下的時間。
盧拉的第二屆政府，經(jīng)濟改革派和左翼反對派之間的爭吵可能會減少。盧拉左傾的、持更加懷疑態(tài)度的“工人黨”已經(jīng)失去了影響力。它占據(jù)16個席位，包括主要的制定經(jīng)濟政策的職位，仍將是內(nèi)閣中大的一股勢力。
在第一個任期內(nèi)，盧拉不愿意分權(quán)給其它黨派，這導(dǎo)致了國會購買選票的丑聞，并幾乎毀了他的總統(tǒng)寶座。這一次他給了國會中的黨派、處于中間的巴西民主運動黨5個部長席位的肥缺。這5個席位控制著44%的聯(lián)邦投資預(yù)算。巴西政治研究院的盧恰諾·迪亞斯認為，這是可持續(xù)的中-左聯(lián)盟的開始。這個聯(lián)盟有可能重新組合巴西的政治力量。
Apr 4
Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva is not a man in a hurry. Five months after he won a second term in a presidential election, he has finally put the finishing touches to a new cabinet. This massive 36-member contraption should guarantee him relatively tranquil relations with Congress and a safe passage through the rest of his four-year term.
The second edition of Lula's government is likely to produce fewer rows between economic reformers and left-wing dissenters. Lula's left-leaning Workers' Party (PT), which is even more sceptical, has lost influence. It will remain the biggest force in the cabinet with 16 seats, including the key economic-policy jobs.
In his first term Lula's reluctance to share power with other parties led to a congressional vote-buying scandal that nearly destroyed his presidency. This time he has given five plump ministries—controlling 44% of the federal investment budget—to the centrist Party of the Brazilian Democracy Movement (PMDB), the largest in Congress. Luciano Dias of the Brazilian Institute of Political Studies sees in this the start of a durable centre-left alliance that could realign the country's politics.
盧拉選擇寧靜的生活
路易斯·伊納西奧·盧拉·達席爾瓦不是一個做事匆忙的人。在贏得第二個總統(tǒng)任期5個月后，他才給新內(nèi)閣的組建加上了收尾之筆。這個龐大的36個成員組成的不同尋常的新班子應(yīng)該能夠使他和國會相對和平共處并平穩(wěn)地度過4年任期余下的時間。
盧拉的第二屆政府，經(jīng)濟改革派和左翼反對派之間的爭吵可能會減少。盧拉左傾的、持更加懷疑態(tài)度的“工人黨”已經(jīng)失去了影響力。它占據(jù)16個席位，包括主要的制定經(jīng)濟政策的職位，仍將是內(nèi)閣中大的一股勢力。
在第一個任期內(nèi)，盧拉不愿意分權(quán)給其它黨派，這導(dǎo)致了國會購買選票的丑聞，并幾乎毀了他的總統(tǒng)寶座。這一次他給了國會中的黨派、處于中間的巴西民主運動黨5個部長席位的肥缺。這5個席位控制著44%的聯(lián)邦投資預(yù)算。巴西政治研究院的盧恰諾·迪亞斯認為，這是可持續(xù)的中-左聯(lián)盟的開始。這個聯(lián)盟有可能重新組合巴西的政治力量。