Figueiredo, B. (English spelling) FigueiredoB

... However, from the mid-1970s onwards, calls for democratization grew in the political world, the press, the legal profession, the Catholic Church, labor unions and so on, and even within the business world, some people began to openly oppose the excessive expansion of public enterprises and the government's economic policies. The Baptista Figueiredo (1918- ) government, which came to power in March 1979, carried out amnesties as part of democratization efforts, and in November 1979, it relaxed some of the restrictions on the organization of political parties. As a result, the official two-party system collapsed, and many political parties were formed, including the Social Democratic Party (PDS) centered around former ARENA members, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) centered around former MDB members, the Brazilian People's Party (PPB), the Workers' Democratic Party (PDT), the Workers' Party (PT), and others. ...

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…　しかし70年代半ば以後，政界，新聞界，法曹界，カトリック教会，労働組合等の間に民主化を求める声が強まり，財界の中にすら公営企業の過度の拡大や政府の経済政策に公然と反対する者が現れた。79年3月に政権についたバプティスタ･フィゲイレドBaptista Figueiredo(1918‐　)政府は，民主化の一環として恩赦を行うと同時に，79年11月には政党の組織化に対する規制を一部緩めた。その結果，官製の〈二大政党制〉は崩れ，元ARENA議員を中心とする社会民主党(PDS)，元MDB議員を中心とするブラジル民主運動党(PMDB)をはじめ，ブラジル人民党(PPB)，労働民主党(PDT)，労働者党(PT)など多数の政党が組織された。…

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