Begin forwarded message:From: Murat Ince <murat_ince@mail.fresnostate.edu>Subject: Fwd: weekly discussion by Murat Ince (democracy now)Date: April 6, 2016 at 8:53:56 PM PDTBegin forwarded message:From: Murat Ince <murat_ince@mail.fresnostate.edu>Subject: weekly discussion by Murat Ince (democracy now)Date: April 3, 2016 at 11:25:12 PM PDTDemocracy Now: What is going on in Brazil?
MURAT INCE
This weeks discussion paper is about the issues going on in Brazil with their president. Apparently there is a lot of corruption going on within their political system… more specifically with their leaders all the way at the top, their president. Last month the former president of Brazil got indicted on corruption charges and just recently the current president is under great speculation of corruption as well. Ironically the former president came out in support of the current president, i guess misery does love company. Former president Luna actually went as far as to say that the current attempts to overthrow the president is a coup. What I find very interesting is that the current president appointed former president Lula to a cabinet position which in turn excuses him from any more legal proceedings… sounds pretty sketchy. Suffice it to say a supreme court judge suspended that decision. When it comes to the people of Brazil it seems like the majority of them doesn't want this president in power… they claim that they, "steal and conceal" and want former president Lula in jail for money laundering. These issues are surfacing because chronologically speaking Brazil is a young democracy that has institutions that are maturing and for the first time ever they are really holding political leaders accountable for all of their actions. The issues that are going on right now is very alarming but at the same time I see a brighter future for Brazil as long as they continue to hold people accountable. Things always get worse before they get better.
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