José Maria Eymael
Encyclopedia
José Maria Eymael is a Bazillian
politician
, lawyer
, and businessman, and founder of the Partido Social Democrata Cristão (PSDC), known in English as the Christian Social Democratic Party
.
(PDC) in 1962, in Porto Alegre, becoming a member the Young Christian Democrats. The PDC was extinguished by the Institutional Act number two on October 27, 1965, during Brazil's military dictatorship, and was refounded in 1985. Eymael was responsible for its reorganization in the state of São Paulo.
In 1985 was a candidate for mayor of São Paul, but lost the election. However, the PDC's campaign jingle, with the refrain "Ey Ey Eymael, helped make him popular, and has been associated with him throughout is political career.
In 1986 and again in 1990, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
, the lower house
of the National Congress of Brazil
. He ran again for mayor of São Paulo in 1992 but lost again.
In 1993 the PDC merged with the Democratic Social Party (Partido Democrático Social, PDS)
, forming the Reform Progressive Party (Partido Progressista Reformador, PPR)
. Eymael, opposed the meger and left the PPR. In 1995, he founded the PSDC
, whose professes a commitment to the family, to defend their values and full service for their needs.
While in the National Constituent Assembly, Eymael was also the author of the speech advocating the retention of the name of God in the preamble of the Constitution, opposing its proposed removal.
Brazil
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politician
Politician
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, lawyer
Lawyer
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, and businessman, and founder of the Partido Social Democrata Cristão (PSDC), known in English as the Christian Social Democratic Party
Christian Social Democratic Party
The Christian Social Democratic Party is a Christian-Socialist-Democratic political party in Brazil.At the legislative elections, 6 October 2002, the party won 1 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. The party lost all representation in the Congress in the 2006...
.
Political Biography
Eymael joined the Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Brazil)
The Syndicalist Popular Party was a political party in Brazil founded in 1945. The PDC, a small party supporting traditional Christian values, never achieved electoral success and was banned by the military dictatorship in 1965....
(PDC) in 1962, in Porto Alegre, becoming a member the Young Christian Democrats. The PDC was extinguished by the Institutional Act number two on October 27, 1965, during Brazil's military dictatorship, and was refounded in 1985. Eymael was responsible for its reorganization in the state of São Paulo.
In 1985 was a candidate for mayor of São Paul, but lost the election. However, the PDC's campaign jingle, with the refrain "Ey Ey Eymael, helped make him popular, and has been associated with him throughout is political career.
In 1986 and again in 1990, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
The Chamber of Deputies of Brazil is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. As of 2006, the chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms...
, the lower house
Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
of the National Congress of Brazil
National Congress of Brazil
The National Congress of Brazil is the legislative body of Brazil's federal government.Unlike regional legislative bodies – Legislative Assemblies and City Councils -, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies .The Senate represents the 26 states and...
. He ran again for mayor of São Paulo in 1992 but lost again.
In 1993 the PDC merged with the Democratic Social Party (Partido Democrático Social, PDS)
Democratic Social Party
The Democratic Social Party was a conservative Brazilian political party.It was established in 1979 as a continuation of the National Renewal Alliance Party , the party which supported the 1965-79 Brazilian dictatorship, at a time in which the country turned to be a democracy...
, forming the Reform Progressive Party (Partido Progressista Reformador, PPR)
Reform Progressive Party
The Reform Progressive Party was a Brazilian party, formed by the fusion of the Democratic Social Party and the Christian Democratic Party in 1993. Two years later the party, along with the Progressive Party, formed a new party called Brazilian Progressive Party...
. Eymael, opposed the meger and left the PPR. In 1995, he founded the PSDC
Christian Social Democratic Party
The Christian Social Democratic Party is a Christian-Socialist-Democratic political party in Brazil.At the legislative elections, 6 October 2002, the party won 1 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. The party lost all representation in the Congress in the 2006...
, whose professes a commitment to the family, to defend their values and full service for their needs.
Accomplishments as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Congressional Deputy Eymael was rated by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution (Departamento Central de Investigação e Acção Penal, DIAP) as one of the twelve most influential lawmakers in Congress and at the end of the work of the Constituent National Assembly, and had 145 proposals approved, placing was among the fifteen with the highest number. Among these proposals, there are the following:- Advance notice of 30 days for all workers;
- Workweek of 44 hours;
- Employee's right to leisure;
- Prohibition of the existence of tax for purposes of confiscation;
- Requirement for taxpayers in the same situation have the same tax treatment;
- Admissibility of an injunction also against acts by any corporation in the exercise of public functions;
- Chance of GST be lower for most needed products, such as the products that comprise the basket;
- Article 180 of the Constitution, which obliges the Union, states and municipalities to support and encourage tourism as a factor in economic and social development;
- Article 17 of the Temporary Constitutional Provisions Act, which states that whenever a public official to receive compensation or retirement incomes exceed the constitutional limits, these values must be lowered immediately to those limits, not fitting in this case, invocation of rights acquired;
- Compulsory unions, states and municipalities to publish until the 30th of each month the amounts collected or received in that month, thus enabling the society's control over public revenue;
- Duty of adult children caring for aging parents, need or sickness (Article 229 of the Constitution);
While in the National Constituent Assembly, Eymael was also the author of the speech advocating the retention of the name of God in the preamble of the Constitution, opposing its proposed removal.