The international community denounces the coup against the Congress, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court of Brazil
Brazil is living its own assault on the Capitol this Sunday. Hundreds of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Latin American country’s Congress, Presidential Palace and Supreme Court following a demonstration calling for military intervention to overthrow the president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The responses were not long in coming. The first to speak was Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who showed “solidarity” with the Brazilian people in the face of the “coup that fascism decided to carry out”. Likewise, he called for the application of the Democratic Charter of the Organization of American States in response to the seizure of the headquarters of the main organs of Brazil’s executive, legislative and judicial branches by Bolsonaro supporters.
Argentina did the same before the “coup actions of the right”, whose foreign minister, Santiago Cafiero, “raised his voice in defense of Brazilian democracy”. Chile’s President Gabriel Boric also denounced the “unrepresentative attack on the three powers of the Brazilian state” and expressed his full “support for this cowardly and vile offensive against democracy”.
For his part, the former president of the Spanish government, Felipe González, expressed his solidarity with Brazil’s “legitimate” president, Lula, against the Latin American country’s “coup attempting to disrupt the democratic process”. The President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, strongly condemned the attack. «All my support to President Lula and to the institutions freely and democratically elected by the Brazilian people. We strongly condemn the attack on the Brazilian Congress and call for an immediate return to democratic normalcy,” he wrote on Twitter. “The will of the Brazilian people and democratic institutions must be respected! President Lula can count on unwavering support of France,” French President Emmanuel Macron also assured.
But there are also statements from within the Executive. Fávio Dino, the Minister of Justice and Public Security in Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s new cabinet, has warned that “absurd” attempts to coerce an attempted coup by force “will not be imposed”. The Government of the Federal District confirms that reinforcements will arrive and that the troops at our disposal are at work. I am at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice,” Dino said, according to the newspaper “Folha de Sao Paulo”.
Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco has also criticized the protesters’ actions, warning that “they must urgently undergo the rigors of the law.” “I recently had a telephone conversation with the Governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, with whom I maintain permanent contact. The governor has informed me that he is concentrating the efforts of the entire police force to bring the situation under control,” Pacheco posted on his Twitter account, adding that “the security forces of the Federal District and the police are responding to this action Participate. Legislative Congress. I strongly condemn those undemocratic acts that urgently need to undergo the rigors of the law.
For his part, the government bloc’s spokesman in Congress, Randolfe Rodrigues, has argued for the union of the Democrats in the face of this “terrorist” attack. “Criminal anti-democrats cannot roam free. The intolerant should not be tolerated. We expect the law to be rigorously applied to anyone involved in these actions,” he said.
“Criminals will not go unpunished,” wrote on Twitter Federal District Public Security Minister Anderson Torres, who was justice minister in the Bolsonaro administration and returned to office last week, according to “O’Globo.” In addition, former Vice President of the Republic and Senator-elect, Hamilton Mourão, described the invasion of Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Supreme Court as “anarchy”.
The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, stated that those responsible for this “attack on democracy” in Brasilia “should be identified and punished in accordance with the law”. He wrote on Twitter that “the National Congress has never denied a voice to those who want to demonstrate peacefully. But it will never lead to riots, destruction and vandalism. Those responsible for promoting and inciting this attack on Brazilian democracy and its main symbols must be identified and punished. in the form of a law.”
Given the situation, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) ministers criticized the position of the new Defense Minister, José Múcio, which they described as “weak”. According to ‘O’Globo’, it is not possible for the STF ministers to judge as “democratic” the movements calling for military intervention and not accepting the results of the elections. According to these members of the Supreme Court, disrespect for institutions cannot be treated as a constitutional right.
They have also responded from the Liberal Party, Bolsonaro’s formation – although he is silent. The group’s president, Valdemar Costa Neto, confirmed that while the protesters support their leader, they do not represent him. “Today is a sad day for Brazil. All our moves made after the election, in front of the barracks, were an example of education, confidence and Brazilianness. There were families that represented Bolsonaro, that represented the right. This movement in Brasilia today is an embarrassment to all of us and does not represent our party, it does not represent Bolsonaro. Police and security, and the security sectors must do their part. We do not support these movements. We do support: Homeland, Family and Freedom. We support good moves. This movement in Brasilia today was an embarrassment to all of us,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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