A-Infos (en) Brazil, OSL: All congresses are enemies of the people! Take to the streets against the Temporal Framework and the amnesty for the military and Bolsonaro! (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

What we saw this week only reveals a truth that the oppressed classes 
have known for a long time: there is no "progressive" Congress, there is 
no "people's" parliament, and there is no government capable of 
containing the right wing as long as it continues to make agreements 
with its tormentors within its rules. Regardless of who occupies the 
Planalto Palace or the composition of the three branches of 
government-especially the National Congress-the parliament of the 
dominant classes operates systematically against workers, against 
indigenous peoples, against democratic freedoms, and against any 
emancipatory project that threatens its interests.

The lightning-fast approval of the Sentencing Bill, in the early hours 
of the 10th, is just another chapter in this scenario. It is a project 
tailor-made to drastically reduce the sentences of Jair Bolsonaro, the 
coup-plotting generals, and even criminal organizations, paving the way 
for a disguised amnesty already negotiated behind the scenes. The vote, 
which ended 291 to 148, shattered the historical sense of holding the 
coup's orchestrators accountable and reaffirmed a clear message: 
institutionalism protects the maintenance of domination and its 
accomplices, regardless of the mask they wear.

Alongside this, the same night was marked by a veritable institutional 
circus, a meticulously staged spectacle to produce narratives, fabricate 
characters, and feed the logic of "engagement" that has become a method 
of power. Violence by the Legislative Police, attacks on 
parliamentarians, censorship and expulsion of journalists, and even the 
cutting off of the TV Câmara broadcast were part of the scene. On both 
sides, what was seen was a priority given to the construction of 
parliamentary figures and performative battles for media and algorithmic 
disputes, while real attacks on the people's rights advanced almost 
without organized collective resistance.

In the Senate, the attack continued with the approval of the Temporal 
Framework Amendment (PEC do Marco Temporal), an attempt to deepen the 
institutionalization of the ethnocide of indigenous peoples, hand over 
territories to agribusiness, legitimize centuries of violent expulsions, 
and subject all indigenous policy to the direct control of large 
landowners. This is an explicit pact between the State, rural 
landowners, mining companies, and land grabbers.

None of this is an accident. It is not a "deviation," it is not 
"betrayal," it is not an "unexpected setback." It is the normal 
functioning of a Congress structured to serve capital-and not the people!

Therefore, we state clearly: change cannot be made from within Congress. 
It is not possible to democratize a machine designed to crush workers, 
indigenous peoples, and social movements. It is not possible to confront 
the right wing through conciliation with it.

While the Lula/Alckmin government insists on a policy of agreements with 
the right wing, known as the "Centrão" (Center-Right bloc), and bets 
everything on "governability," the right wing-in all its expressions-is 
advancing. The amnesty for the coup plotters, the Temporal Framework for 
Economic Policy, the fiscal adjustments, the concessions and high 
financing for agribusiness, and the dismantling of environmental 
protections are direct results of this logic. It will not be at the 
ballot box in 2026 that we will prevent new coups: it will be through 
direct struggle.

These facts demonstrate that the electoral path and institutional 
dispute are a dead end. The "governability" agreed upon by the 
government with the Centrão did not contain the far-right-on the 
contrary, it strengthened its authoritarian project. Class conciliation 
remains the root of this regression. Within parliament, the left is left 
with only two equally sterile paths: to move ever closer to the right to 
try to survive politically, or to position itself as a "combative 
voice," in isolation, forced to produce media events to be minimally 
heard. Parliamentary logic dictates that even mandates most aligned with 
movements become self-serving, concentrating actions around the 
parliamentarians themselves and institutional struggle, relegating 
popular mobilization to the background. This often leads movements to 
support these parliamentarians instead of the other way around; the 
focus has shifted entirely to maintaining legislative positions at the 
expense of struggle and organization.

The only possible response is popular organization, direct struggle, and 
the power of the streets. We cannot trust any institution of this 
capitalist and genocidal state. Our strength lies in the independence of 
the movements, in direct action, and in solidarity among workers, 
indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, and all oppressed sectors. 
It is time to organize forces to rebuild independent social power, not 
to build candidacies and prioritize electoral contests.

Therefore, in this context, we emphasize two axes as priorities:

- For the immediate end of the Temporal Framework! Immediate demarcation 
of all indigenous lands!

- Against amnesty for Bolsonaro and the coup plotters! For the end of 
the Sentencing Bill and for real punishment for all those involved in 
the crimes of the Bolsonaro government!

This Congress does not represent us. The State will never defend us. 
History shows that all popular achievements were won through collective 
mobilization-never granted by offices.

We reaffirm: all Congresses have been, are, and will be enemies of the 
people!

Libertarian Socialist Organization
December 2025

https://socialismolibertario.net/2025/12/12/todos-os-congressos-sao-inimigos-do-povo/
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