A "Constituinte constituída": o poder moderador, o ministério sinimbu e o parlamento nos antecedentes da adoção da eleição direta no Império do Brasil (1878-1880)

• Autor(a) principal: Nicoletti Ribeiro, Filipe
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Almanack (Guarulhos)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifesp.br/index.php/alm/article/view/13084

This article discusses the political trajectory of the liberal ministry led by João Lins Vieira Cansanção de Sinimbu(1878-1880), especially with regard to the preeminent electoral question. It is argued that the reasons for the failureof the proposal to adopt direct election by constitutional means were directly linked to the perceived influence ofthe Crown on ministerial policy. Notwithstanding the rather distinct perspectives of liberals and conservatives onthe nature of the intended reform, the shared rejection of the governmental project ended up uniting them in thefight against the cabinet headed by the senator from Alagoas. In this context, there was an increase in the acceptanceof electoral reform by ordinary means, where Parliament had the final say on the subject.