Word: adauto
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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That was six too many. "After two years and in the middle of an election campaign," stormed M.D.B. President Franco Montoro, "this measure shrieks to the heavens." Even Adauto Cardoso, president of the Chamber of Deputies and a key ARENA leader, registered his hot protest. "Only after consulting the directors of the House and the vote of the majority of the Deputies," Cardoso announced, "will I feel authorized to declare the extinction of the mandates." Congressional leaders promptly summoned Deputies back to Brasilia for a vote. Angrily, Castello Branco in effect ordered ARENA members to stay just where they were...
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