As investigations into the attempted coup advance, the act in defense of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in Rio de Janeiro this Sunday, the 21st, was aimed at unifying his electoral base and intimidating the Supreme Court Federal Court (STF) to push the possibility of his trial.
“The demonstration aims to create a climate of tension so that a decision cannot be made on the arrest of the former president in September. This is the date circulated by sources in Brasilia”, says the sociologist, political scientist and president of Istituto Cultiva, Rudá Ricci.
In a year of municipal elections, Rudá underlines that the act also aimed to demonstrate the strength of the Bolsonarist base to compete in this electoral race. “Bolsonarism contests the ground in the Centrão, which is the one with the largest number of federal deputies and linked to the mayors,” says the sociologist.
Political scientist and professor at PUC Minas, Malco Camargos, notes that the act demonstrated popular strength, but that institutional strength still remains fundamental. “Bolsonaro has brought with him popular strength since he has been president, but electoral and institutional strength overlap. Thus the game becomes more critical for the former president who desperately tries to unite with those who still believe he is being persecuted by the courts” , he has declared. Camargos.
Political persecution, according to political scientist and professor at the Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Rodrigo Prando, is a narrative created by Bolsonaro and his supporters, which is not supported by real data, manages to place him in a situation of victimization. “This aspect occurred at the Sao Paulo event and was repeated in this event,” he says.
Elon Musk
What differentiated the Copacabana (RJ) act from the demonstration in the capital São Paulo was the defense of Bolsonaro’s base against the entrepreneur Elon Musk, owner of X, Tesla, SpaceX and the Starlink satellite network, who quarreled with STF minister Alexandre de Moraes.
“Both Bolsonaro and Musk position themselves as heralds of freedom of expression, but deep down, Bolsonaroism figures have not only used freedom of expression but also constructed hate speech, committed crimes, and carried out systematic attacks on institutions,” he says Prando.
In today’s conference, the former president said that the controller of X (formerly Twitter) showed “with evidence” where “Brazilian democracy is going.” The entrepreneur caused a stir when he criticized the suspension by Brazilian courts of accounts on the social network X that spread fake news.
The political scientist, collaborator of the Center for Political-Strategic Studies of the Navy, Maurício Santoro was concise: “The entrepreneur has become a character in the controversies of the Brazilian parties,” he said.
Santoro also assesses that pro-Bolsonaro forces are facing numerous restrictions in the field of digital media, especially due to the STF investigation into fake news. “It’s a more complicated scenario for them than in 2018, when there were virtually no legal obstacles to their actions on social media.”
Source: Terra
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