A real clown for a parliament


A Brazilian clown known as Tiririca — which means “Grumpy” in colloquial Portuguese — is favoured to win a seat in the Brazilian Parliament in this Sunday’s elections. Tiririca, whose real name is Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, is predicted by the pollsters to gain a million votes after campaigning on slogans including “It can’t get any worse” and “What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don’t know. But vote for me and I will find out for you.”
Appearances by the clown on You Tube have been the advertising successes of the Brazilian election campaign.
28-09-2010 clownfordeputy
The only impediment to victory appears to be a constitutional requirement that deputies be able to read and write with a judge in Sao Paulo demanding he demonstrate that he meets the literacy requirement for elected office after newspapers reported that, like one-in-10 Brazilians, he is illiterate.

Comments

RDC said…
Tiririca:(Weed belongs to the family of sedges and spreads very easily) .. The sedge is a real pest for farmers. I am Brazilian I am ashamed that there can be a canidate to parliament this level

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