It did not bring any surprise. The report presented by the minister was a technical and objective summary of a complex process. What caught the most attention was the preamble of the report, in which. It also made it clear that they would not depart the court to fulfill their mission.
The Attorney General of the Republic, in turn, made a serene and paused reading of the facts. It focused on its efforts, however, seeking to demonstrate that in attempts to coup or abolish the Democratic Rule of Right to criminal conduct, it does not depend on the success of the contract, but on the set of acts practiced along the way that aim to end the democratic order.
It was up to one, in the essential exercise of the right of defense, to question the materiality of the evidence, as well as the imputations made by the accusation to each of the defendants. There was no start or dramatic movement, even though criticism of the prosecution play was blunt.
What most surprised, therefore, was not the words and the gestures, but the very existence of this judgment. It is not at all trivial that, in a country marked by great conciliations, recurring amnesties and a legacy of impunity in relation to all those who have historically undergone the constitutional order, which still has enormous popularity and strong parliamentary support, is being judged by the attempt to promote a coup d’état. Even more surprising is that this judgment is taking place in a court of history where courts have been coopted or simply run over by.
It is difficult to predict what the political consequences of this judgment will be. If the tendency of conviction is confirmed, it will not contribute, in the short term, to the pacification of Brazilian society or even to the end of the pressures. On the contrary.
In the medium and long term, however, the condemnation of an authoritarian leader and unfair military personnel to the constitutional regime, breaking with a tradition of impunity, may contribute greatly to the Brazilian political regime to be less vulnerable to scammers, adventurous and even those who are being fired as guardians of the Republic.
As has pointed out, the trial of the coup plot by the Federal Supreme Court also represents the hope that constitutional institutions, shaped from the second postwar and the third wave of democratization, demonstrate some ability to put barriers to those who seek to destroy them. As stated by, Brazil today began to symbolize an example of resistance to authoritarian populism. Resistance exerted by civil society, large portions of the political body, but also by law enforcement institutions.
The huge challenge of the Federal Supreme Court in the coming weeks is to carry out a suitable judgment, which respects all the principles of due process, producing relevant and consistent sentences with the responsibility of each one.
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