The presidents of, (-ap), and (-PB), silenced about the decision of the president of, Donald Trump, to overlax, in an offensive to defend Jair Bolsonaro (PL).
Trump’s announcement took place around 3 pm on Wednesday (9), which came followed by reactions of parliamentarians, ministers, the Lula government (PT) and representatives sectors of the economy throughout the day. The main leaders of, however, did not comment.
Motta presided over the House plenary on Wednesday. He did not talk about the announcement during the session nor answered questions from journalists on the way out. Sought by the report, also silent.
Alcolumbre, in turn, did not participate in the Senate session, but was in Brasilia on Wednesday. He was also sought, but did not want to speak up.
He decided to impose a 50% surcharge on Brazil and cited Bolsonaro in the letter sent to the Brazilian government – the document was later. This was the largest extra fare among the 21 announced by the American this week.
According to Trump, the surcharge will be imposed in part due to thes “Brazil’s insidious attacks on free elections and the fundamental rights of freedom of expression of Americans.”
And the president of the (Supreme Court), talked by phone early Wednesday night about the offensive of the American.
The connection was made by Barroso. The two defined that the first Brazilian reactions to Trump’s announced decisions should be led by the government, which means that the demonstrations should focus on the Planalto Palace, Itamaraty and other executive bodies.
The Supreme preferred to adopt more discreet behavior in the early hours after Trump’s announcement. In the view of court ministers, the decision announced by the US President has an eminently political character and does not affect the conduct of cases in the Court.
Bolsonaro is ineligible at least until 2030 after conviction for the TSE for attacks and lies about the electoral system. He is .
Federal deputies reacted to Trump’s decision during the day. While Lula’s allies accused former Bolsonaro president of harming the country, pockets blamed the Federal Government’s foreign policy for the American breakage.
The Senate was emptied at the time of Trump’s announcement. The president of the ruralist bench, federal deputy Pedro Lupion (PP-PR), met with Senator Tereza Cristina (PP-MS), former minister of agriculture of Bolsonaro and vice president of the group. After the meeting, the bench issued a note saying it was worried about the measure.
“The new rate produces direct reflexes and affects national agribusiness, with impacts on exchange rate, the consequent increase in the cost of imported inputs and the competitiveness of Brazilian exports,” the bench said, defending a “firm and strategic” response.
In the House, the announcement was cause for heated debates between governors and opposition in the plenary. A moment of greater turmoil occurred when the pocketist (PL-MG) was in the podium and had the speech interrupted a few times by movement and, a few meters, around the political adversary (-MG).
At night, President Lula made a publication on social networks and the same text was released in a statement to the press by the Planalto Palace. According to Lula, Brazil is sovereign, with independent institutions and will not “accept to be protected by anyone”.
“The judicial process against those who planned the coup d’état is only of jurisdiction of Brazilian justice and, therefore, is not subject to any kind of interference or threat that makes the independence of national institutions,” the text says.
The president’s message still mentions topics such as social networks and press freedom, since, in Trump’s letter about tariffs, he cites decisions of the social networking platforms.
“In Brazil, freedom of expression is not confused with aggression or violent practices. To operate in our country, all national and foreign companies are subject to Brazilian law.”
