Brazil Congress rejects controversial amendment

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Brazil's Congress has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that was a key grievance of protesters who took to streets across the country.

Demonstrators had argued PEC 37, which would have limited the power of federal prosecutors to investigate crimes, might open the way for more corruption.

On Tuesday, the measure was defeated by 430 votes to nine.

Congress also voted to use all the royalties from newly discovered oil fields for education and health.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23058386

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The protests are working.

[Dustlawyer]

1. Lets take a page from their play book and get out there and DEMAND publicly funded elections!

Corruption caused by our system of legal bribery (campaign contributions and Super Packs) has taken away our Representative form of government! Our politicians answer to who keeps them in office, and it's not us the voters! Lets fix this faulty system and take the money out of the equation.