During a debate hosted by CBN radio stations and the newspapers O Globo and Valor, presidential candidate Augusto Cury, from the Avante party, defended changing Brazil's political system from presidentialism to parliamentarism or semi-presidentialism. He classified presidentialism as a "scourge" and stated that Brazil needs to change its political regime.
Cury criticized the concentration of power in the president, arguing that a chief executive who never planted a garden should not define the future of agriculture, just as a president who never risked capital to start a company should not determine the direction of commerce and industry. He mentioned both Jair Bolsonaro and Lula as examples of leaders who never invested their own capital in ventures.
The candidate stated that Brazil already lives a "de facto parliamentarism," since the National Congress has great political weight. According to him, if a president makes wrong decisions, there should be a prime minister approved by Congress to correct the country's course.
Augusto Cury revealed that he has talked with lawyers about the legal feasibility of the change and defended the implementation of a "de jure parliamentarism." He also commented that, if there were an unpopular or corrupt prime minister, the situation could be resolved more quickly within that system.
