In chaos, Bolsonaro backs down and loses the battle in court after his coup speech – telam

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday withdrew from his coup positions and agreed, in a letter to the country, to abide by the rulings of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), which is investigating him for various crimes, after the country converted into chaos, with far-right roadblocks that pressured the president himself to carry out a coup,

In the midst of the worst institutional crisis between powers since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985, Bolsonaro has embarked on the path of institutional rupture, ignoring its basics: for 48 hours, truckers blocked roads in 15 states, believing that the long-awaited coup against the maximum tribunal was underway., who is investigating Bolsonarist leaders for coup d’état.

The resolution came from the side of “old politics”: he brought in his predecessor, Michel Temer, with a plane, to help him end a crisis that began on Tuesday of this week, the day of the independence, when I challenge not to comply with court rulings against him.

“Bolsonaro died of the mouth, the old policy let him hang himself with his own rope in front of the force of Congress and the Supreme Court”, interpreted the sociologist Alberto Almeida before a consultation in Tlam., from Instituto Brasilis, author of the book “El Voto del Brasileo”.

In his declaration to the country, Bolsonaro backed down and the financial center, an ally of its neoliberal agenda, responded: the stock market managed to recover and close positively and the dollar fell, reversing the uptrend. of a day full of tensions.

“I want to say that my words, sometimes forceful, have to do with the heat of the moment and the attacks which have always aimed at the common good”, Bolsonaro affirmed in a letter to the Nation in order to stop the political hemorrhage of his allies, the pressure on the financial markets and the specter of an institutional collapse.

Bolsonaro affirmed that he had “never” wanted to attack the power in place and that the causes followed by judge Alexandre de Moraes, of the STF, will be faced within the courts.

“I reiterate my respect for the institutions of the Republic, the driving forces that help govern the country,” Bolsonaro said on a ten point map.

The president was trying to stop his activists on the roads of the country who were demonstrating to demand the closure of the STF, but part of his political allies gave with this letter a message far removed from the speech last Tuesday linked to the break with power judicial.

Temer, who had had Moraes as Minister of Justice and was the one who appointed him to the High Court, traveled to Planalto – where he arrived after conspiring against Dilma Ruseff, of which he was vice-president – , and put Bolsonaro on the phone. with the Supreme Judge.

“I want to say that my words, sometimes forceful, have to do with the heat of the moment and the attacks which have always aimed at the common good”“

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There was no request for an apology. There was an announcement from the president that he was going to respect the decisions, 48 ​​hours after having launched, shouting, an announcement of disobedience, calling the magistrate a “scoundrel”.

“I am helping to pacify the country,” Temer said, which for the Bolsonarist bases is part of the corruption of the old policy of negotiation and exchanges which exploded with the explosion of the anti-corruption operation Lava Jato.

For two months, Bolsonarism summoned rural businessmen, far-right millionaires, pastors and retired military to organize an attack on the STF: Bosonaro corresponded to them on Tuesday on Avenida Paulista, calling for disobedience .

Cowardly cells of agrarian Bolsonarism – including illegal mining mafias and agribusinesses that advocate the use of weapons in the countryside – then launched into unrest, cutting roads and threatening shortages. Bolsonaro sent a WhatsApp audio message calling them to allies, but asked them to renounce their attitude as it would generate shortages.

The struggle of the Bolsonarists on the roads was launched against the “communism” of the judges, but as the pickets and threats grew in all corners of the country, Bolsonaro virtually participated in the summit of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).

Politically isolated and with his base out of control, Bolsonaro abandoned his criticism of the communist world and thanked his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jingping, for his cooperation. for the shipment of raw material for the coronavirus vaccine.

The Federal Supreme Court on Wednesday threatened Bolsonaro with legal action for undermining democracy if he did not comply with court orders. This Thursday, the head of electoral justice, Luiz Barroso, was added, who called him “false” for publishing false news about electoral fraud.

In social networks, the “matrix” of Bolsonarism could not understand how the Armed Forces had not come in to play the trick when the ruralistas wanted to do it, prevent high-tech trucks from threatening soybean companies on the government plaza.

The government’s negotiators were Infrastructure Minister Tarsicio de Freitas and Chief of Staff Ciro Nogueira, head of the right-wing bloc called Centrao, which guarantees Bolsonaro will not face political trial.

The barrage of impeachment demands is Arthur Lira, leader of the deputies, of the Progresita Party, a last-minute Bolsonarist version who assumed the reins of the government’s agenda in the Lower House and who emerged this Thursday more powerful in front of the leader of the executive.

Lira, Nogueira and Temer came from the so-called old politics that had coexisted with the administration since 1995 in Congress. Bolsonaro, with 28 years as a deputy, opted for a solution with them for their survival, but was abandoned by those who, in a sort of tropical Qanon, blocked the roads shouting “freedom”.