Friday, May 25, 2012

The Green veto, the new game from Dilma Rousseff

Rousseff was against several articles of the code.

The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, veto of the forestry was part code of his country, approved by Congress, which can track their order and in environmental policy from the South American giant.

Rousseff decision was shared by his Government Ministers Friday, one month after the controversial law in Congress with the dynamics of the powerful lobby of the rural producers was selected.

The announcement was made under pressure from the local environment and international groups, the veto against the law, which is a serious threat to the conservation of the Amazon, according to them, be.

The provisions of the law of Rousseff rejected include an amnesty for landowners, the parts illegally felled before 2008 and one reduction in the areas of environmental protection.

The partial veto is a setback for the interests of "farmers", with nearly a quarter of the vote members, but it is difficult, that according to many environmentalists, who sought a total veto of the code.

This runs the risk of alienation legislators voted allied parties, the inconvenience caused as other decisions of the President already at its base and powerful groups such as private banking to Rousseff the law.

But political analysts should influence difficult the situation the Government of Rousseff's ability, the legislative majorities and high approval rates in polls managed.

"In each Presidency of Brazil secures popularity of governing majorities", said Alberto Almeida, an expert on public opinion in the analyse Institute, based in São Paulo, BBC world.

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