Job stability hasn't avoided corruption in the state
Worried about political meddling in the administration of public policies, the lawmakers who drafted the Constitution of 1988 established job stability for public servants. The Brazil in which the matter was discussed couldn't be worse. There was political effervescence, leftist parties and entities of civil society emerged from the underground - the National Union of Students (UNE) was legalized at a ceremony at the Planalto Palace - and the press was breathing more democratic airs.
We were in the administration of José Sarney (1985-1990), the first civilian president after 21 years of military dictatorship. It was time of regime transition, since Mr. Sarney had been the running mate in the ticket elected by Congress. Tancredo Neves, the head of the ticket, fell ill on the eve of his inauguration (March 15 of 1985) and wasn't sworn in, dying on April 21.
Short break for coffee: Tancredo wasn't sworn in, but officially he was indeed the first president of Brazil's New Republic. His election had been the result of an agreement between the generals and the opposition, at the time led by Deputy Ulysses Guimarães. Military officers wouldn't accept Ulysses as president in the transition, thus rejected the possibility of election by popular vote at that moment. In the end, the opposition's candidacy was headed by a member of the so-called democratic resistance (Tancredo, of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, PMDB) and by a figurehead of the dictatorship (Mr. Sarney). With the impossibility of Tancredo taking power, hardline generals wanted to prevent Mr. Sarney from taking office. For little the epilogue of the military regime was not postponed?
With the freedom of which it was deprived for long 21 years, the press fulfilled a crucial role in the beginning of the New Republic. Brazilians were being informed every day by newspapers, TV networks and radio stations of corruption cases. The impression, absolutely mistaken, was that in a civilian government, that is, in the democratic regime, corruption grows freely.
The response of constituent legislators was to establish the right of all public servants, and not only those in typical state careers (diplomat, tax auditor, Central Bank employee, judge, prosecutor, etc.), to job stability. This is therefore valid for servants of the auxiliary activities of public bodies and service providers (security, cleaning, etc.).
In addition to stability, the Constitution rewarded servants with the right to...
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