The former president had asked supporters not to carry signs against “anyone”; allies feared the legal consequences of messages against the STF and democracy
Protesters who attended the demonstration in support of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) This Sunday, the 25th, in Avenida Paulista, they responded to the request of the former president and avoided the banners against the Federal Court of Justice (STF) or calling for military intervention, as was common in Bolsonarist demonstrations. OR Estadao He was in Paulista and identified few posters and none with both messages. Instead of banners, Brazilian and Israeli ones predominated.
When Bolsonaro climbed onto the electric trio, an ally waved a banner reading “without trucks, Brazil stops; without Bolsonaro, Brazil collapses.” In front of the three, a child held out a sign as the former president spoke, but the report failed to identify what was written on it.
At the end of the demonstration, a woman showed a poster with photos of Bolsonaro, the former president of the United States, Donald Trumpand the president of Argentina, Javier Milei. “Wonderful trio,” the photo caption read.
Under pressure from the investigations of Federal Police regarding an alleged coup attempt, the former head of the federal executive asked, in advance, that his supporters not carry banners “against anyone” and carry out a peaceful act. Among the organizers of the demonstration and Bolsonaro himself there was fear that any anti-democratic posters or chants could result in legal measures, such as arrest orders.
The speakers spared the STF and avoided making direct criticism of Justice. The exception was the shepherd Silas Malafaia, the last to speak before Bolsonaro. He criticized Alexandre de Moraes and said that the minister has “blood on his hands” due to the death of one of those arrested for the January 8 coup. He also called a “shame” the statement of Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, who said he “lost, mané” against a Bolsonaro supporter after Bolsonaro’s defeat against Lula in the second round of the 2022 elections.
Malafaia warned the public, asked protesters not to react to the harshest part of his speech and said he was not afraid of being arrested for his words. “If they arrest you, you will leave exalted. You will leave exalted. If they arrest you, it will not be for your destruction, but for their destruction,” the pastor said, referring to Bolsonaro.
Without references to the STF and article 142 of the Constitution, which in the Bolsonarist interpretation allows the intervention of the Armed Forces, vendors took the opportunity to sell Brazilian and Israeli flags during the demonstration. The Israeli flag was highly coveted by supporters of the former president in light of President Lula’s recent statements on the war in Gaza.
The report also records the sale of the pixuleco doll, which alludes to Lula, during the PT member’s prison sentence. Banners calling for the current president’s impeachment were also sold to protesters.
Source: Terra
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