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The leftist president should curb deforestation or the free movement of weapons quickly, but he will not be able to erase all the excesses of his predecessor’s mandate with the stroke of a pen. He will have to contend with both a conservative Congress and his right-wing allies within his own coalition.
Revoke, or “bulk revocation”. It is the watchword in Brazil. The left in a dream: entering Palazzo Planalto, Lula da Silva would cancel Jair Bolsonaro’s nefarious political legacy with the stroke of a pen, like a Joe Biden who, upon his arrival at the White House, had overturned a series of executive orders of the era Trump. Except that undoing four years of far-right rule will actually take time and energy for the new president who was sworn in on Sunday in Brasilia.
Bolsonaro’s legacy is “socially perverse and politically undemocratic”, states the report of the transitional cabinet which drew up an inventory of the country for the new government. This document suggests the total repeal or revision of a series of measures in fields as diverse as the armament of civilians or the environment, including the end of “misclassification of documents for public access”. He also recommends going back to the regulations “against racial equity and the rights of children and young people”, “infringes on economic and social rights”, or “limit the participation of civil society” to political decisions.
Priority: Limit weapons and environmental degradation
“Bolsonaro leaves behind a state in tatters, summarizes the journalist and ex
