The deputy (PL-MG) said that the future of minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the (Supreme Federal Court), is jail during a demonstration on Avenida Paulista held this Sunday (1st). “Alexandre de Moraes’s destiny is not impeachment, no. Alexandre de Moraes’s destiny is jail”, stated Nikolas, who called for the event with the motto “Out, Lula, Moraes and Toffoli”.
He also called the minister a “stupid”, said “as I’m a believer, I can’t swear”, but then called the minister a jerk. Finally, there was a chorus of “out, Toffoli”.
In an fiery speech against Moraes, pastor Silas Malafaia called the minister a dictator and accused him of corruption in the case of , stating that the magistrate’s wife had a contract with the bank.
Supporters of the former president gathered, this Sunday (1st), on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, in a demonstration that had, among the targets of criticism, the ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court), especially Moraes and Toffoli. The reason is the connection of both ministers with the Master case, which caused a crisis in the court.
A banner was displayed at the entrance to Trianon Park calling the STF the “Supreme Federal Tyrant”. In front of Masp, an inflatable doll of Bolsonaro was positioned with a gag in its mouth, with the words “speak for me” written on it. The former president is imprisoned in Papudinha, in Brasília, for an attempted coup d’état.
The demonstration, however, had a strong electoral tone in support of the senator’s (PL-RJ) pre-candidacy for President. He was also on Avenida Paulista and criticized the STF. Without naming any minister by name, Flávio said he was in favor of impeaching “any Supreme Court minister who fails to comply with the law.”
“Our target was never the Supreme Court, which is fundamental to democracy, but they are destroying democracy,” he said, adding that it was necessary to form a majority in the Senate to achieve the impeachment of STF ministers.
Former owner of Master, he is suspected of defrauding the national financial system. The minister left the investigation report on the case this month. Toffoli was mentioned in the Federal Police report, in the context of an exchange of messages between the banker and his brother-in-law, Fabiano Zettel. They discussed payments to the company Maridt, which had Toffoli as one of its partners. In 2021, this company sold shares in a resort to an investment fund linked to Zettel.
In parallel, the law firm of the minister’s wife, Viviane Barci de Moraes, signed a contract with Master, providing for the payment of R$3.6 million per month, for three years.
The Political Debate Monitor and the NGO More in Common estimated the presence of 20,400 people at the demonstration at its peak time, around 3:53 pm. The margin of error is 12%, which means that the audience was 18 thousand to 22.9 thousand people.
According to the count, made from aerial photos analyzed with artificial intelligence software, the demonstration had less than half the audience of — at the time, .
