Conservatives claim that the Judiciary has intensified the climate, the government base is trying to block the anist and Governor Caiado says that the federal management lacks momentum
The explosion on Wednesday (13), which resulted in one death, generated unanimous condemnation among political leaders of different ideological persuasions. Governors, parliamentarians and representatives from different spheres of power expressed their rejection of the attack, reinforcing the defense of democracy and institutional stability in the country. However, each side sought to push the responsibility onto the other. Allies of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), for example, remembered him and spoke again about “defending democracy”. Politicians linked to the former president said that this warlike climate is the result of alleged abuses by the STF (Supreme Federal Court).
Two of the ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) most targeted by the opposition highlighted that the attack is an example of the risk that extremism poses to the rule of law. As much as Luís Roberto Barroso, who presides over the Court, signaled that there will be no grant of amnesty for those involved in January 8th. “We cannot ignore what happened. It is not a fact isolated from the context, […] It started way back when, when the ‘hate office’ began to spout hate speech against the institutions, against the STF, mainly against the autonomy of the Judiciary”, said Moares.
The phrase outraged conservatives, who are trying to pass a bill in Congress that grants amnesty to protesters arrested for the act of January 8th — and that leaves a loophole to benefit Jair Bolsonaro, who is now ineligible. “I am sad to see the minister, in the morning, declare that this regrettable case is the result of a hate cabinet”, countered Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), leader of the opposition in the Senate. With harsher words, pastor Silas Malafaia, a prominent figure among the former president’s supporters, claimed that the magistrate’s decisions in relation to the 8th of January helped to intensify tempers. He classified the author of the attack, Francisco Wanderley Luiz, as a “lone wolf”.
Also positioned on the right, but broken with Bolsonaro, the governor of Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado (União Brasil), turned his cannons on Lula. In a publication on In his second term in the Central-West State, he is trying to make his candidacy for President in 2026 viable.
Members of the federal government and allies of President Lula have already championed the defense of democracy, evoking the 8th of January. They also refute the amnesty for the January 8 protesters and blame the opposition for the heated climate in the country. “In the attack on democracy, the ‘wolves’ are never alone. There is always a ‘whistle’ to encourage them. What happened yesterday in Praça dos Três Poderes was yet another warning sign that, as long as these ‘whistles’ remain, the democratic struggle does not allow for any kind of truce”, said Simone Tebet, Minister of Planning. Randolfe Rodrigues, leader of the government in the Senate, called for intolerance “to the spread of hate” and said that “the answer must be the Constitution, the law and the unity of the people”.
Published by Felipe Dantas
*Report produced with the help of AI
