The president of the Supreme Court endorsed that ‘democracy is not the consensus regime’ and that divergences are institutionally absorbed, since there is ‘great pacification of relations between powers’
The president of ministerendorsed on Monday (1) that the tensions around the judgment of episode 8 January and what He designed as a coup attempt (which will still be tried). “Abnormal would be if there was no tension. No country judges invasion of the headquarters of the three powers or the possibility of understanding that there was an attempt to coup by a former president and his group without any natural tension,” the minister told journalists during an event in Rio de Janeiro.
The first class of the Supreme Court begins on Tuesday (2) the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and other defendants of the central nucleus of the coup attempt in 2022. PGR states that the undemocratic acts of 8 January 2023 were the “violent outcome of the coup contract.” Barroso does not participate in the trial.
Still, the president of the Supreme Court endorsed that “democracy is not the regime of consensus” and that divergences are absorbed in an institutional and mutual respect. “Fortunately, we have a time of great pacification in this context of relationships between powers,” he said.
*With information from Estadão Content
