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Comment by Less Prone on November 20, 2022 at 11:49am

"Today in Brazil, unfortunately, there is a violation of the Federative Pact, perpetrated by the highest instance of the Judiciary. Unconstitutional and illegitimate actions are adopted in a monocratic way, attacking federal autonomy. In this sense, they mistakenly confuse orders directed to the actions of the PM and DETRANS, violating the Federative Pact, a situation that materializes a state of exception in force, the result of the extrapolation of the Rule of Law."

Comment by Parrhesia on November 20, 2022 at 10:33am

The high command has also publicly defended the right of Bolsonaro’s supporters to protest outside army bases. The most explicit military support for those demanding a coup came on Tuesday in a statement released by reserve general Eduardo Villas Bôas, former head of the army and the most respected officer of his generation within the ranks who went on to serve in the Bolsonaro administration. He explicitly questioned the electoral process and claimed the protests in favour of a coup are a response to “attacks on democracy”.

“The statement by Villas Bôas expresses the mood inside the barracks,” says João Roberto Martins Filho, a political scientist who studies Brazil’s military. “The military sees no problem with protesters calling for the cancellation of a democratic election which shows that between Bolsonaro and Lula it prefers Bolsonaro and is not ready to break with him.”

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