疑“强闯”事件有内应 卢拉要求彻查巴西总统府人员******
新华社北京1月14日电 由于怀疑国家权力机构日前遭暴力冲击事件有“内应”，巴西新任总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦12日宣布，将“彻底调查”总统府人员。
卢拉告诉媒体记者，总统府的门没有遭破坏痕迹，“这意味着有人帮助他们进来”。他还说，政府将“更强硬、更警觉、更谨慎”对待暴力示威活动。
8日，100多辆搭载示威者的大客车抵达首都巴西利亚。前总统雅伊尔·博索纳罗的数千名支持者强行闯入国会大厦、联邦最高法院和总统府，与军警发生冲突。
卢拉指认博索纳罗借助社交媒体煽动支持者。后者对此否认。
在去年10月30日举行的总统选举第二轮投票中，卢拉战胜时任总统博索纳罗。博索纳罗11月22日向高等选举法院申诉，质疑选举结果并要求取消第二轮投票中部分“不合格”票箱的选票。高等选举法院驳回其申诉。
巴西检方本月12日宣布，已锁定为“强闯”事件提供资金支持的52名个人和7家企业。据巴西环球电视台报道，这些资金被用于把示威者从外地运至巴西利亚并提供食物等。
另据环球电视台和《圣保罗报》12日报道，执法部门在前政府官员安德松·托雷斯家中搜出一份备忘录，其中建议博索纳罗在高等选举法院周围“布防”，以推翻选举结果。
托雷斯当天晚些时候在社交媒体回应称，那份备忘录是司法部收到的众多提案之一，原本应与其他文件“在适当时候被粉碎”。按照他的说法，这份被媒体曝光的备忘录“助长了对他的虚假描述”，他“问心无愧”。
托雷斯曾在博索纳罗执政期间担任司法部长，本月初刚就任巴西利亚公共安全负责人，因在“强闯”事件中应对不力遭撤职。巴西最高法院法官亚历山大·德莫赖斯10日对他发出逮捕令。
托雷斯目前在美国佛罗里达州奥兰多市休假，巴西国家权力机构遭冲击时他不在国内。他10日表示，将结束休假返回巴西。
博索纳罗目前也在奥兰多市。他去年12月30日飞赴美国，缺席本月1日卢拉的总统就职典礼，9日因腹痛前往奥兰多市一家医院就诊。多家媒体报道，不清楚博索纳罗与托雷斯是否在奥兰多见过面。
巴西国家权力机构遭冲击后，博索纳罗曾在社交媒体上批评这一行动，同时表示自己在整个任期内“始终遵守宪法”。他先前告诉美国媒体，将提前结束计划持续至本月底的休假，返回巴西。(郑昊宁)
(来源：新华网)
中新网评：美国众议长选举“连续剧”暴露美式民主痼疾******
中新网北京1月9日电(蒋鲤)在15轮投票表决后，美国众议院议长选举这场“连续剧”终于落下帷幕，众议院共和党领袖凯文•麦卡锡最终成功当选第55任美国众议院议长。这是美国国会过去164年来耗时最久的一次议长选举记录，将美国“对抗式民主”的弊端暴露无遗。
资料图：美国众议院共和党领袖麦卡锡。中新社记者 沙晗汀 摄由于两党对立加剧、党派内斗、利益分配不均等因素，众议长选举陷入一场拉锯战。在此次众议长竞选中，美国民主党议员继续抱团，多轮投票中，一票不投麦卡锡，共和党右翼“强硬派”领头的约20人小团体也拒绝投票麦卡锡。
麦卡锡的当选之路一波三折，除了本人的“政治投机派”角色在国会不受欢迎外，与共和党内部政治分歧关系密切。
一方面，共和党党内反对者认为，麦卡锡对民主党态度过于软弱，无力对抗民主党控制的参议院和拜登政府，另一方面，因为共和党的多数优势微弱，党内一些影响力较小的派系的政治力量则被放大，有利于他们巩固自己的选票。
此外，党内反对者也认为，自己的选票没有换取更多利益，希望以此作为筹码换取麦卡锡更大的让步，比如让他们获得众议院重要委员会中的职务。
作为仅次于美国总统、副总统的政坛三号人物，众议院议长通常由众议院多数党领袖担任，选举几乎没有悬念。然而，麦卡锡此次为当选，不得不做出多个关键让步，其中可能包括恢复一项罢黜议长动议机制，使得众议长的权力被削弱，难以掌控众议院。
美国有线电视新闻网CNN称，麦卡锡在这场不合时宜的政治勒索中作出让步，这种绥靖政策只会让极端主义势力更加强大。
这场引发全世界围观的尴尬选举暴露出美国政治存在严重的对立和分化。在权力博弈思维的裹挟下，党派利益凌驾于国家和人民利益之上，美国两党相互拆台，陷入“为反对而反对”的无脑对垒。而即便是一党内，也会因为利益分配问题产生不同的小派系，相互对抗，选票变成了谋利益的工具。
从国会山骚乱到打破记历史记录的15轮众议长选举，“对抗式民主”让美国政治陷入瓶颈，长期对抗势必会让政客们丧失客观公正的判断能力，其政治阶层是否有能力治理国家也会引发质疑。
两党之争和党派内斗进一步放大了美国政治体制弊病，美国所谓的“民主”形象，让全世界大跌眼镜。鼓吹以选民利益为先的美式选举，变成了政客们利益置换的游戏，进一步彰显出美国“民主政治”日渐失能，不断极化的党争已使美国政治制度陷入死循环。
House speaker election reveals deep-rooted problems in U.S. democracy
(ECNS) -- The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as the 55th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after 15 ballots. As the most grueling House speaker election in the past 164 years, the election has highlighted the defects of the country’s "confrontational democracy".
The election once reached a stalemate due to intense partisan strife, inner-party struggle among the Republicans, uneven distribution of interests, and more. Democratic Party members forged a close alliance, refusing to vote for McCarthy, while about 20 Republicans also declined to cast ballots for the GOP leader.
Except for his unpopular role as a "political speculator" in Congress, McCarthy’s hard-won election can be attributed to turmoil within the Republican Party.
On the one hand, opponents in the Republican Party believe that the GOP leader's attitude toward the Democrats is too weak to confront the Senate controlled by Democrats and the Biden administration.
On the other hand, the political power of some less influential factions in the Republican Party has been amplified due to the Party’s weak majority advantage in the House of Representatives, which is conducive to consolidating their ticket warehouses.
Meanwhile, these opponents believe that their votes failed to win them more benefits, hoping to use this as a bargaining chip for McCarthy's further concessions, such as getting them positions in important House Committees.
As the third political figure after the President and Vice President of the U.S., the speaker, by tradition, is the head of the majority party in the House of Representatives.
But McCarthy has made many concessions in order to bring the ultra conservatives along, involving what’s known as the “motion to vacate,” a mechanism by which members can force a vote to depose the speaker. The reported concessions will empower individual members at the expense of McCarthy’s sway as speaker.
CNN thought the concessions he made during this unseemly political shakedown would only make the extremist faction more powerful.
This embarrassing election, which has drawn global attention, exposed the serious opposition and polarization in American politics. Both Democrats and Republicans put their interests before that of the country and its people, attacking and opposing each other irrationally.
Besides, different factions arise within a single party and confront each other because of the distribution of interests. Votes have become a tool to win more benefits.
From Capitol riots to the House Speaker election with record-breaking ballots, "confrontational democracy" has become a bottleneck of American politics. Long-term confrontation will surely impede politicians to think objectively and fairly while their capacity of governing the country will also raise doubts among the public.
Both parties’ struggle and infighting among the Republicans have further amplified the defects of the American political system, with its "democratic" image shocking the world.
The U.S.-style election, which advocates putting voters' interests first, has become a game of interest exchange among politicians. In addition, it further demonstrates the malfunction of American "democratic politics" and the constantly polarized party struggle that has trapped the American political system into an infinite cycle.
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