Podcast: Coalition Presidentialism under Lula and Lira – 05/06/2023 – Podcasts

The vote on the provisional measure that organizes the Esplanada dos Ministérios and the tug of war between Congress and Planalto last week, in addition to once again showing the political strength of the mayor, Arthur Lira (PP-AL), put into perspective the model that became known as coalition presidentialism.

The system, in which an elected president without a majority in Parliament needs to negotiate positions and funds to form an alliance that guarantees governance, was consolidated with Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) and in the first two terms of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). Since the Dilma Rousseff (PT) government, however, when the power of Congress grew in the face of a weakened Executive, the model has been questioned.

The assessment in Lula’s third term is that the correlation of forces between the Powers has changed, and that the PT needs to learn to deal with it. But the negotiations of the last few weeks also showed that the president still has strength — Lula was directly involved in the articulation around the MP da Esplanada.

Amidst the lack of consensus on what the tension between the Powers represents, this Monday’s Breakfast (5) discusses how the balance between the Legislative and Executive stands. Political scientist Sérgio Abranches, creator of the concept of coalition presidentialism, analyzes to what extent the recent arm-wrestling between Lira and Lula are part of the game or signal a crisis.

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Breakfast is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Gabriela Mayer and Gustavo Simon, with production by Carolina Moraes, Laila Mouallem and Priscila Camazano. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.