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The government of Jair Bolsonaro could continue to celebrate the last military dictatorship in Brazil, after a Brazilian court on Saturday overturned a ruling barring the administration of the far right president from holding commemorative acts for the coup d'etat. State that triggered the Brazilian dictatorship in 1964.
The Federal Regional Court of BrasiliA was based on technical arguments to overturn the decision of Judge Ivani Silva da Luz, who on Friday called the acts "illegal" and described them as "incompatible with democratic reconstruction".
The judge Maria do Carmo Cardoso, in service at the court of Brasilia, said that there are no objective conditions for the suspension of acts provisionally – as Silva da Luz has decreed – because the cancellation "would compromise the powers of the executive power".
Sunday, March 31, marks the 55th anniversary of the overthrow of the President Joao Goulart by the Brazilian armed forces. Bolsonaro, a former army captain and nostalgic for the dictatorship, encouraged the military to organize the celebrations in the barracks.
"I do not see a violation of the principle of legality or violation of human rights, especially given that in recent years, similar demonstrations took place in military units, without any negative reflection on the community.", Said Judge Carmo Cardoso.
Judge Cardoso also felt that there are already scheduled events for Sunday and that many units are prepared in advance for the ceremonies.
The Bolsonaro called to celebrate the dictatorship, a process marked by the political persecution that left 434 dead and at least 30,000 illegal arrests and torture, according to the National Truth Commission, represents a turning point in Brazilian official policy.
All democratic governments have condemned these actions of the army since 1984. Even the former president Dilma Rousseff Expressed and tortured at the time, he banned the armed forces, in 2011, any act celebrating the coup d'etat.
The president defends the idea that in 1964 a dictatorship was not instituted, but that a "revolution" began. The fervent anti-communist leader claims that the army has taken over the government that has deposed President Goulart and closed Congress in response to the "popular will" to end the creation of a socialist government in the country. Brazil.
The decision of Bolsonaro generated malaise between civil society and human rights organizations, they will participate Sunday in Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Bolsonaro the anniversary of the coup d'etat in Israel will pbad, where he went on Saturday as part of an official visit. The Brazilian president is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, one of the closest leaders after his election.
Bolsonaro said Brazil could move its Israel embbady from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, territory considered sacred and the subject of a dispute between Israel and the Palestinian authorities. If this materializes, according to badysts, this decision could harm the diplomatic and commercial relations of Brazil with the Muslim nations.
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