Sometimes an external observer is needed to give us the exact dimension of events that, even when we know them important, we tend to treat as a domestic matter. This is an example of the cover text of the British magazine “The Economist” about, “Brazil Offers America A Lesson in Democratic Maturity” (Brazil provides America a lesson of democratic maturity), published in the 28/8 edition.
Whether or not to agree with the interpretation offered there, the publication itself shows the international importance of judicial liability of authorities accused of undermining the democratic order.
In fact, in many countries of the West, the representative system is under pressure from authoritarian populism. There where he appropriated the government levers and was able to remain – he returned by vote – he has been corroding the institutions that support the system of freedoms. The United States under Trump are the latest and most calamitous example, for the cross and speed of the destruction promoted. For this reason, what is deciding here will have beyond border repercussions: it will serve as an example.
Crimes in trial are not part of a particular set of democracy attacks: the self -ogey, that is, those who aim to maintain, by force, the incumbent in power. Since 1945 there have been around 50 attempts around the world. Given the many advantages of those who architect the permanence, they are the majority of the self -works that work. Incumbers have more information, political resources and, not least, troops. In Republican Brazil, fertile in quarters, we had only two examples: one successful and one now failed.
Success was the AutoGolpe of November 10, 1937, with which Getúlio Vargas, with military support, established the Estado Novo and forever changed the history of the country, in the economy and politics. Time and later events have been in charge of softening the image of those almost eight cruel years.
To remember the bad times when Brazil flirted with fascism, it is worth reading, with pain and taste, of “”, recent book by columnist Ruy Castro.
The failed Tupiniquim attempt by AutoGolpe began to be tried by the first class of. The legal rite, which would certainly not be granted to Democrats if the conspirators had overcome, puts in use the Law of Defense of the Right Democratic State, born in 2021 of the idea of giving the representative democracy of institutional protection against their enemies.
Thus, the trial of the coup plot is an important step in delimiting the field of legitimate political dispute, punishing those who have ostensibly tried to break their rules. Moreover, judging the scammers helps to face the much more complicated challenge to politically isolate the far right that bet and supported the breach of the order. Important minority in public opinion, where it has arrived by the legitimacy that, since 2018, gave him other forces that make up the antipetista field.
Circummering it to its actual size would be another example of inspiring democratic maturity.
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