盧拉入閣受阻 巴西陷入憲法危機

Brazil was thrown into a constitutional crisis yesterday after a judge blocked President Dilma Rousseff’s appointment of predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to her cabinet, prompting clashes in Congress and on the streets.

巴西昨日陷入憲法危機，一名法官阻止巴西總統迪爾瑪•羅塞夫(Dilma Rousseff)任命其前任路易斯•伊納西奧•盧拉•達席爾瓦(Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva)進入她的內閣，在國會和巴西街頭都引發了衝突。

As Mr Lula da Silva’s swearing-in ceremony drew to a close, a federal judge issued an injunction suspending the appointment on grounds it prevented “the free exercise of justice” in corruption investigations that include allegations against the former president.

就在盧拉•達席爾瓦的就職儀式接近尾聲時，巴西一名聯邦法官簽發禁令暫停任命，理由是該任命阻礙了反腐調查——包括對這位前總統的指控——的“司法自由”。

Opposition politicians hailed the decision as a triumph for Brazilian democracy, while the government vowed to appeal, lambasting the order as part of a “coup” by the country’s elite, reminiscent of the period of military rule. Brazilian assets rallied as investors bet on the government’s collapse.

反對派政治人士稱讚這一判決是巴西民主體制的勝利，而巴西政府發誓要上訴，痛斥該法令是巴西精英階層發動的“政變”，讓人想起軍事統治時期。由於投資者押注巴西政府崩潰，巴西資產價格出現漲勢。

“Since the end of the dictatorship and the transition to democracy over recent years, this is our most dramatic political moment — we have no idea what tomorrow will even look like,” said Gabriel Petrus, analyst at consultancy Barral M Jorge Associates in Brasília. “Dilma’s strategy of defence is attack and this risks creating social unrest and more violent demonstrations on the streets.”

諮詢公司Barral M Jorge Associates駐巴西分析師加布裏埃爾•佩特魯斯(Gabriel Petrus)表示：“自從巴西結束獨裁統治，近年向民主體制轉型後，眼下是最戲劇化的政治時刻。我們甚至不知道明天會是何種局面。迪爾瑪的戰略是以攻爲守，這有可能在巴西街頭製造社會動盪和更多暴力示威。”

Mass protests swept the country on Wednesday night after a court released incendiary recordings of Mr Lula da Silva’s private conversations that fuelled accusations he had been appointed as minister only to shield him from immediate arrest.

週三晚間巴西全國爆發大規模抗議活動。此前法庭公佈了盧拉•達席爾瓦的私下談話錄音，這些高度敏感的錄音助燃了對他的指責，即他被任命爲部長只是爲了保護他免遭立即逮捕。

Military police fired tear gas at protesters outside the presidential palace following clashes with Workers’ party supporters, while demonstrators vandalised union and government buildings yesterday.

抗議者在總統府外與工人黨支持者發生衝突，憲兵向抗議人羣發射了催淚瓦斯。同時示威者昨日毀壞了工會和政府大樓。