[h=2]Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, or Tiririca the clown, was easily elected and took his job as a legislator very seriously. Finally, though, the bureaucracy got him down.[/h]
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/28/world/la-fg-brazil-political-clown-20130329
Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva never expected to actually be elected to Brazil's Congress. When he ran for a seat in 2010, he used his clown name, Tiririca, and wore a tiny orange hat and a blond wig in his campaign TV spots. Between singing and dancing, he made some very odd campaign promises.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/mar/28/world/la-fg-brazil-political-clown-20130329
Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva never expected to actually be elected to Brazil's Congress. When he ran for a seat in 2010, he used his clown name, Tiririca, and wore a tiny orange hat and a blond wig in his campaign TV spots. Between singing and dancing, he made some very odd campaign promises.