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Weekly Report - 30 April 2015 (WR-15-17)
BRAZIL: Senate committee approves electoral changes
The senate’s constitutional and justice committee (CCJ, in the Portuguese acronym) approved changes in the electoral law which could introduce a new system of simple majority for the local elections in 2016. If approved by the lower chamber of congress, the new system would serve as a trial for a nationwide shake-up in electoral legislation that could weaken the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), one of the main beneficiaries of the current system of proportional representation, and diminish the participation of smaller parties currently allied with the federal government.
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