ELECTORAL JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY
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Minas Gerais' Manifesto - The process of reestablishment of the democratic system in Brazil began in the final period of the New State and was consolidated during the Dutra administration. In spite of the repression, the fight for redemocratization was intensified mainly from the beginning of 1945, after the launching of the "Minas Gerais' Manifesto" by a group of intellectuals.

Governing under constant pressure, Getúlio Vargas sanctioned Constitutional Law No. 9/1945, which changed several articles of the Constitution, including those that regulated elections. Elections were called and a 90-day term was fixed for electing the President and state Governors, as well as for the parliament and the state assemblies.

Decree Law No. 7586/1945 (known as Agamenon's Law, in honor of the Minister of Justice Agamenon Magalhães, responsible for its draft) reestablished the Electoral Justice, regulating the electoral enrollment and the elections in the country.