Tara John
On May 12, Michel Temer became
Brazil’s interim President, taking over from suspended Dilma Rousseff as she
awaits an impeachment trial over corruption accusations. The 75-year-old said
on May 15 that he has no interest in seeking permanent office, naming his
priorities as job creation and unifying Brazil–not easy tasks in a country
facing its worst recession since the 1930s.
GOVERNING IN POETRY
Once described by a rival as
resembling a “butler from a horror movie,” the son of Lebanese immigrants
entered politics in 1987 and gained a reputation as a dealmaker, rising in 2001
to become leader of the Democratic Movement Party, a centrist grouping of
lawmakers who make up the largest party in Brazil. A legal scholar, Temer is
also the author of a book of poems, titled Anonymous Intimacy.
BIG PLANS
Despite having no mandate,
Temer has said he will present reforms to Brazil’s Congress. Breaking from the
13-year leftist rule of Rousseff’s Workers’ Party, Temer plans to take a
neoliberal approach to reviving the economy through spending cuts,
privatization of state assets and a radical overhaul of the bloated pension
system.
BIGGER OBSTACLES
Rousseff insists Temer’s
government is “illegitimate,” which will make it difficult for him to pass
reforms through Congress, and his selection of an all-male, mostly white
Cabinet has angered liberals. He has also been tarred by scandal; in addition
to being linked to the giant corruption probe surrounding state oil firm
Petrobras, Temer faces impeachment proceedings by the Supreme Court over
allegations similar to those that dog Rousseff. Brazil’s political soap opera
may have yet more twists to come.
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