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protect democracy
Article suggests that if the military doesn't act before the 'new' president - they'll be eliminated, so they better act fast!
... in the lead-up to Brazil’s 2022 presidential election, Brazilian Supreme Court justices launched wide-ranging investigations into fake news about the election, authorized a raid against businessmen who had texted about a possible coup d'état, ordered the arrest of a member of the Brazilian legislature who had advocated for a military dictatorship, and fined regular citizens for online posts against Brazil’s democracy. The Supreme Court’s forceful acts reached their apogee on Nov. 14 when Justice Alexandre de Moraes, in his role as elections chief, quickly declared the challenger, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the legitimate winner of the 2022 presidential elections.
The court moved aggressively because Brazil’s incumbent president, Jair Bolsonaro, had acted like a veritable would-be dictator, threatening to seize power if he lost reelection, attacking the integrity of the election process, and embracing conspiracy theories about Brazil’s institutions. Bolsonaro went as far as to openly pine for the return of the military dictatorships that governed Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s. ...
Bolsonarist Coup-Mongering Had Military Participation from the Beginning of the Government
Members of the Armed Forces took part to establish and perpetuate suspicions regarding the electoral system
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... An armed forces report on the ballots affirmed it couldn't identify fraud or inconsistencies in the process, but since the document was fairly ambiguous, it helped to feed mistrust in the electoral system.
Adding to the chaos, Bolsonaro and his party, PL (Liberal Party), submitted a request to the Electoral Court to consider annulling votes cast in ballots created before 2020, claiming the equipment used to make them then couldn't be properly audited, which experts say is untrue, according to news broadcast Jornal Nacional.
The models appointed in the request represent around 60 percent of the ballots used. PL's request, a party that elected the largest bench for the House in 2023 in the first round, mentions only the run-off. Justice Alexandre de Moraes declined the request and gave the party a BRL 22.9 million fine (around USD 4.2 million) for “bad faith with the process."
How much you wanna bet that the MSM just cries how they've destroyed democracy.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro offered subdued criticism of his supporters who ransacked the Brazilian Capitol, Presidential Palace and Supreme Court on Sunday.
Bolsonaro compared the attack to left-wing riots that occurred across Brazil in 2013 and 2017, saying any such protests were outside the law. Sunday's attack saw thousands of pro-Bolsonaro rioters wearing Brazil's green and yellow colors smash windows and loot the seat of their nation's government.
"Peaceful demonstrations, within the law, are part of democracy. However, vandalism and the invasion of public buildings like today’s acts, and like those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, are an exception," Bolsonaro wrote in a statement, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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If this keeps up, Brazil could end up with a civil war. Sad.
Yes. I am also confused. (And I am not a cat.)I'm a bit confused regarding this situation
Embattled former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the Wall Street Journal Tuesday he is planning to leave Florida next month to return to Brazil, where he faces a series of investigations, including over his role in allegedly inciting a January 6-style attack on the country’s Congress.
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