Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Supreme Court (STF), said in an interview published by the Washington Post This Monday (18), which “There is no chance of retreating a millimeter” In his decisions involving former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and the pressure imposed by the United States, who sanctioned the magistrate based on magnitsky law.
We will do what is right: we will receive the accusation, we will analyze the evidence and whoever has to be convicted will be convicted. Who has to be acquitted, will be acquitted
The Supreme Minister is a rapporteur of the criminal action that investigates an attempt to coup after the 2022 presidential election. The maneuver, according to investigations, would guarantee Bolsonaro’s permanence in power even after defeat at the polls.
In all, the PGR (Attorney General of the Republic) denounced 34 people, of which 31 became defendants in the STF-including Bolsonaro and allies. The trial of the so-called “core 1” of the complaint, of which the former president is part, is scheduled for September.
To the American journal, Moraes said that Brazil was infected with “illness” of autocracy and that it would be your work to apply to “vaccine”.
“There is no chance of retreating to what needs to be done. I say this with complete tranquility”reiterated the minister of the Supreme Court.
To support his argument, Moraes parallened the United States and recalled the dictatorial periods experienced by Brazil in the last century.
“I understand that for American culture it is difficult to understand the fragility of democracy, because there was never a coup d’état there [nos Estados Unidos]. However, Brazil had twenty years of dictatorship under Getúlio Vargas, another twenty of military dictatorship and numerous coup attempts. When you are repeatedly attacked by a disease, you develop antibodies and seek a preventive vaccine. “
At another time, the magistrate defended the legality of the criminal action that investigates the attempted coup. “This is a legal process. One hundred and seventy -nine witnesses have already been heard,” said Moraes.
Asked by the newspaper report accumulates a lot of power in the Supreme Court, Moraes rejected this perception. The minister pointed out that his peers in the court reviewed more than 700 orders made by him after appeals. “And you know how many I lost? None,” he replied.
US tariffs and sanctions
In Moraes’s assessment, “false narratives” poisoned the relationship between Brazil and the United States. Here, he highlighted the performance of licensed federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), who has made choir for Washington to impose sanctions on Brazil.
“These false narratives eventually poisoned the relationship [Brasil-EUA] – false narratives based on misinformation spread by these people on social networks. So what we need to do, and what Brazil has done, is to clarify things, “said the magistrate.
Finally, Moraes reflected on the restrictions applied to him by the United States based on the magnitsky law.
“Is it pleasant to go through this? Of course not,” said the minister. However, Moraes continued, Brazil faced forces that wanted to eliminate democracy and fit him to interrupt them.
“As long as there is need, the investigation will continue,” he concluded.
