“We are on the edge of an economic and political abyss with the return to Unasur,” says Brazilian congressman

By Diógenes Freire

Commenting on Brazil’s rejoining the Unasur (Union of South American Nations) bloc, Federal Deputy and member of the former ruling House of Orléans-Braganza, Luiz Philippe de Orléans e Bragança (PL, right), said that a return to the organization would put the country on the verge of “an economic and political abyss.

The return to the group formed by countries dominated by the São Paulo Forum, including narco-dictatorships, aims to create a kind of supranational organization to “solve” issues that, constitutionally, should be dealt with by the Congress of each country.

The inaugurated president decreed Brazil’s return to Unasur, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist), last Sunday (9).

Claiming the unconstitutionality of the decree, Deputy Luiz Philippe filed a request for information for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to explain the accession to the treaty.

“We are on the edge of an economic and political abyss with the return to Unasur, even more so in a questionable way.”

“The government is not respecting the democratic and constitutional process, opening consultation in the Legislative.”

“This is serious […] Respected the constitutional process, in case of a new agreement, we, parliamentarians, will decide if it is in the country’s interest to participate in the stillborn organization”, affirmed the parliamentarian.

Brazil broke its partnership with Unasur in November 2019 after a severe crisis in the bloc. Currently, the following countries are part of the organization: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

With information from Brasil Sem Medo

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