Brazilians Want More Representativeness at Mercosur Parliament
Written by Newsroom
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
Brazilian House representative Doctor Rosinha, who is the president of the Mercosur Parliament defends the idea that Brazil should have four times more representatives in the parliament than Paraguay and Uruguay. He argues that since Brazil has a population of 187 million, it should have 75 representatives, Argentina 33 and Paraguay and Uruguay, 18 each.
"With equal representation for all full Mercosur members, it is impossible for Brazil and Argentina to represent their peoples, which are larger," said the legislator from the Workers Party (PT), the ruling party of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Rosinha represents the soy bean and livestock rich state of Paraná in southern Brazil.
Paraguay and Uruguay on the other hand argue that the four countries must have the same number of seats in the Mercosur Parliament. The controversy has been going on for the last two years, and no understanding has been reached yet.
Rosinha said it has become "vital" the issue be decided in the first few months of 2009 so Brazil can include the election of its Paralasur (Parlamento del Mercosur) members for the presidential elections of 2010.
Currently the Brazilian members of Congress representing Mercosur's largest member are doing so on an honorary basis, and have no advisors, since no budget for those purposes was voted.
"You need to have an office structure; you can't depend on the cellular phone to legislate," emphasized Rosinha who proposed future members of the Mercosur Parliament be given an US$ 8.000 monthly diet.
US$ 8.000 monthly diet written by ch.c.,
January 01, 2009
Or said otherwise.....around 40 times the fat check of the Brazilian minimum wages !!!
And of course this is before the office structure, just for the representative basic wages NOT including perks !
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... written by João da Silva,
January 01, 2009
"You need to have an office structure; you can't depend on the cellular phone to legislate," emphasized Rosinha who proposed future members of the Mercosur Parliament be given an US$ 8.000 monthly diet.
Is the esteemed Doctor Rocinha planning to put the "future members" of the Mercosul parliament under diet without giving them a complete medical check up?
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Hmmmmm ! written by ch.c.,
January 01, 2009
But the more representatives Brazil may have, the more it will be expensive...by definition !
On top of this out of 4 countries Brazil ask for 75 seats out of, leaving 69 seats for the other 3 countries.
Or stated otherwise Brazil has 52.08 % of the total votes. Brazil could thus have all their proposals...RATIFIED...unilaterally and legally !!!!
Typically the Brazilian style !
Sorry but...proven once more that cheaters always cheat, liars always lie, hiders always hide. Brazil truly excel at these games of ...Brazil has ALL rights, the others have Nooo Rights !
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More "Representativeness"???? written by bo,
January 02, 2009
Don't think that's a word folks....try "representation".
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Good Stuff written by The cure for Ch C,
January 03, 2009
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Brazilian House representative Doctor Rosinha, who is the president of the Mercosur Parliament defends the idea that Brazil should have four times more representatives in the parliament than Paraguay and Uruguay. He argues that since Brazil has a population of 187 million, it should have 75 representatives, Argentina 33 and Paraguay and Uruguay, 18 each.
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Brazil received a huge boost in its international image with its selection as the host of the 2016 Olympics, but it was really just the cherry on top of the overall recognition of the country's ascension to the ranks of one of the world's most important countries. Now, as it finally takes its place on the world scene, there has been a great deal of concern about what kind of image Brazil hopes to project, now that the world is really paying attention. 
The only good thing to say about the visit to Brazil of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Monday November 23, is that it was mercifully short and lasted less than 24 hours. Ahmadinejad had his picture taken being hugged by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who gave him a warm welcome and said Iran had every right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. 
The small, coastal town of Condé is located just a twenty minute's drive from João Pessoa, the capital of Paraíba. The Northeast of Brazil has historically been a place of encounter and mixing between peoples. For millenia groups of indigenous people fished, farmed, migrated and sometimes fought along this large, fertile area. 
The Brazilian diplo-MÁ-cia (bad diplomacy) carries on its accelerated course towards the non-acknowledgment of human rights, although sometimes it takes pleasure in saying that it does precisely the opposite. The visit of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is another example of a diplomatic omission that verges on hypocrisy. 
On July 4, 2006, representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay met in Caracas to sign the protocol for the entrance of Venezuela into the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). After two and a half years, the protocol was approved by the legislative bodies of Argentina and Uruguay, and as of now it may be only days away from being ratified by the continent's economic megalith, Brazil. 
Some sectors of the fight against AIDS have suggested that Thabo Mbeki, the former president of South Africa, committed genocide through his absence from the fight against the illness in his country throughout his two terms. 
One hundred and eleven years after Brazil abolished slavery, the number of workers deprived of their freedom is still huge. They raise cattle, produce charcoal, sugar cane or timber. Some of them, most undocumented Bolivians, work in basements of small apparel factories in São Paulo and other metropolis. 
On November 7, 2009 a few friends and I had an opportunity to take a look inside a Brazilian jail outside the city of Rio de Janeiro. We were able to take some amateur footage of our experience on video (see link below). It's no surprise, of course, that the typical Brazilian jail lacks some of the functionality of those in North America or Europe, but our experience that day was quite shocking. 
Depletion of the Amazon Rainforest is not a new concern facing environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, and a growing number of the Amazonian indigenous peoples. For decades they have feared for the fate of the world's most biologically diverse and species-rich hothouse. 
Geisy Arruda made history this week in Brazil, but for all the wrong reasons. What began as a poorly planned fashion statement has become a worldwide tale. Geisy decided to wear a pink mini-dress to her private college in São Paulo state, and after that, all hell broke loose.
And of course this is before the office structure, just for the representative basic wages NOT including perks !