http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220813-181644-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/ A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing - The Brazilian “Kamikaze” Amendment Parma, Gustavo Delvaux eng 2022-08-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Abusive Constitutionalism Bolsonaro constitutional amendment Election Gift elections Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In Brazil, the National Congress recently passed the Constitutional Amendment no. 123, nicknamed the “Kamikaze Bill” due to it budgetary impact. It qualifies the current situation – inflation, rise of gasoline price, shortage of goods, pandemic to name just a few – as an emergency state, creating financial and tax benefits for biofuel producers and providing welfare payments for part of the population.