BRAZIL'S Congress has received a request from President Dilma Rousseff to hold a referendum on political reform in response to the worst social unrest in 20 years.
The move, widely supported by the public, came after three weeks of protests over corruption and public spending which marred the Confederations Cup, a dress rehearsal for next year's football World Cup, which will also be held in Brazil.
The nightly rage that made headlines around the world has waned somewhat, but no one rules it flaring up again like it did after the Cup, when a million people took to the streets.
On Tuesday night truck drivers blocked roads in at least 10 states to press for the elimination of tolls and fuel subsidies.
The proposal for a plebiscite was delivered to senate and congressional president Renan Calheiros by Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo and vice president, Michel Temer, state news service Senado said.
"Calheiros announced he would act so that any changes resulting from the referendum take effect from (October) 2014," a year before presidential elections are to be held, Senado said.
Cardozo said the referendum will include the reform of election campaign financing, the congressional voting system, rules governing coalitions and legislation on secret ballots.
"The executive is merely making a simple suggestion," Temer told reporters. "It is congress which will oversee (the process) from the start through to the conclusion."
The protests began in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro over hikes in public transport fares but mushroomed into demands for improvements in crumbling public services and for an end to rampant corruption.
Some 1.5 million Brazilians took part in the protests at their height.
Leftist leader Rousseff last week proposed a national pact with state governors to boost public services and guarantee a balanced budget.
A poll showed that 68 per cent of Brazilians back Rousseff's proposals.
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