A crise política brasileira em detrimento do presidencialismo de coalizão

Abstract

The text addresses the complex relationship between the three branches in Brazil, which is sustained through coalitions, but has been affected by party fragmentation, considerably increasing political, financial, and institutional costs. With the rapid expansion of political parties, governments began using increasingly non-republican mechanisms to form their coalitions. The growing trend of party fragmentation and the adoption of new forms of negotiation, through financial and material co-optation of parties and parliamentarians, are not merely the result of moral deviations but part of a broader and more complex process of continuous deterioration of the Brazilian political system. This process includes an asymmetric federal system, a strong president paradoxically dependent on Congress and a highly fragmented party system. It is important to note that this issue is not recent but rather a historical aspect of the Brazilian political system.