MDB - M.D.B.

...On the other hand, the military government, through Military Decree No. 2 of October 1965, changed presidential elections to indirect elections by the parliament and ordered the dissolution of all political parties. It then reintegrated existing political parties into two parties: the ruling party, the Alliance for National Renewal (ARENA), centered on the majority faction of the PSD and the UDN, and the opposition party, the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), centered on the minority faction of the PSD and the PTB. The military government enacted a new constitution in March 1967, but because the opposition movement did not subside, it continued to issue military decrees and auxiliary decrees to strip anti-government figures of their civil rights and expel them from public office, while drastically reducing the power of the parliament. ...

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…他方，軍事政権は65年10月の軍政令2号によって，大統領選挙を議会による間接選挙に改めると同時にすべての政党に解散を命じた。そのうえで，既存の政党をPSD多数派とUDNを中心とする与党国民刷新同盟(ARENA)と，PSD少数派とPTBを中心とする野党ブラジル民主運動(MDB)の2党へ再統合させた。軍事政権は67年3月に新憲法を施行したが，反対運動がおさまらなかったために，その後も軍政令とその補助令を連発して反政府人士の公民権剝奪･公職追放を行う一方，議会の権限を大幅に縮小した。…

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