Meanings Adrift in The Discourse of Former Governor José Wilson Siqueira Campos

This article analyses political discourse in two distinct branches: the founding discourse and the discourse of resistance. In order to do this, the networks of meanings of the founding of Tocantins are analysed as a disruptive process that affects the meanings of "creation" and "foundation" of the newest state in the Brazilian federation. The theoretical-methodological approach adopted is based on the well-established references of Discourse Analysis, applied to a discourse by Siqueira Campos, the former governor of Tocantins, delivered in the Chamber of Deputies on 5 May 2004.