As a judicial coup of a former president shared Brazil

On Sunday, the Brazilians celebrated their country’s independence from Portugal, as they do every year on September 7: with patriotism, military tips, flag and flag highway – Brazilian barbecues.

But with the verdict inevitable in the trial on charges of the coup of former President Jir Balssonar, this year was marked by competitive actions.

Thousands took to the streets, chanting the slogans about freedom: some in defense of democracy, others in defense of the ex-president who is accused of trying to overthrow it.

On Tuesday, five judges of the Supreme Court will start making their sentences in turn about whether Jir Balsanar will inspire the coup to cling to the authorities after the 2022 election to his left rival Louis Lulu to Silva.

The allegations include a coup proposal to the military commander, knowledge of the attack on the elected President Lula to Silva and Justice of the Supreme Court Alexander de Moras and inciting supporters to attack government buildings on January 8, 2023 after being thrown into the election system.

Bolsonar denies the allegations by calling them politically motivated, and the opinion of his supporters – US President Donald Trump.

Trump called the trial a “political prosecution” and imposed 50% of the tariffs on Brazilian goods, as well as sanctions on justice of the Supreme Court, which manages the lawsuit.

Jiro Balsanar’s son Edward, who successfully lobbying for the introduction of tariffs in the US defended this step, Saying BBC last month that believes that “freedom comes first place before the economy”.

But many Brazilians see it as deeply unpatriotic to support Brazil’s economic pain for their own political success.

“Brazil is completely divided,” confessed Bianka, who attended a big rally about Bolsonar in Sao Paul on Sunday.

“But I believe that with the US sanctions, those who have advocated a lawsuit) are withdrawn from gas,” she added, draped in the united Brazilian and the United States.

Patriotic symbols such as the national flag of Brazil and football shirt have long been co -opted as a form of the right base of Bolsonar, but some also put on Trump’s paraphernalia.

Crowds demanded “Amnesty!” And “Moras, goes out!”

Another protest, Eric said that the lawsuit was “just the Bolshoi theater because everyone knows that his conviction is already defined.”

But there are many who disagree here.

At a nearby rally, Bolsonar’s opponents chanted “not amnesty” and “dictatorship, never again”.

The huge inflatable figures of the Balsanar in prison and Trump threw over the signs saying: “Prison for Bolsonar” and “Trump, Brazil’s paw”.

One wore a football shirt in which the left Brazilians hope to return, saying, “I am not a min bolsonar.”

The crowd was optimistic that he could be condemned.

One of the participants of the rally, Rafael, called the arrest of Bolsonar a “victory”, accusing him of “serious crimes” against Brazilians.

“It is still very polarized. Until recently, the right was strong. But since Trump’s actions have taken place. It is about sovereignty and prevention of foreign intervention,” he added.

“All the data shows that it was a coup attempt,” Karina said. “I hope justice is done to show that you can’t do anything for your own benefit.”

In this lawsuit, deep breaks were made and discussions on democracy in Brazil were implemented.

On January 8, the riots and allegations of the coup are so disturbing for Balsanar’s critics, since Brazil’s democracy is still young.

It was restored in 1985, after two decades of dictatorship, supported by the United States.

The Supreme Court acts as a guardian of this democracy.

But it became lightning. His judges are appointed by the presidents, but can also put presidents and ministers.

Some sit in the Electoral Court and kill laws. Once upon a time, his president was lawyer Lula, adding fuel charges of committing Bolsonar supporters.

The investigation into the fake news, including the threats on the Internet for the trial, led by Justice Moras, put Bolsonar’s allies in jail and withdrew the social media accounts.

Critics say it stretches the court’s transfer to the police and politics; Fans call it a model for the digital era.

The role of the court in the Bolsonar lawsuit, in which Moraz is both a rapporteur and the purpose of the alleged attempt, which is part of the case, forced both sides to accuse others of authoritarianism.

Bolsonar’s critics claim he tried to establish a dictatorship.

His supporters, on the other hand, say the broad powers used by the court to investigate allegedly coup and riots in the capital, Brasil, are abuse of the judiciary.

Those who believe that the judiciary went too far in the persecution of people involved in the storming of state buildings on January 8, 2023, often referred to the Debora Debora Dos Santos.

A 39-year-old Bolsonar’s supporter received a 14-year term after the “You lost, an idiot” in a lipstick on the statue of justice outside the Supreme Court.

Later, her prison term was transformed into a house arrest because she has children she cares about, the fact that she was tried on charges of coup before the Supreme Court continues anger.

“They tried her for graffiti. I never heard someone sentenced to 14 years in prison. It was a demonstration and they were labeled as terrorists,” her sister Claudia said.

Claudia said the Deborah regretted graffiti, but I did not regret that she was present on the protest on January 8, which, she said, had her “correct” because she had “doubts” about the election results.

Klava attributes “love for the flag” of Bolsonar with inspiring “housewives, aunt WhatsApp, the bricklayer, businessmen” to engage in politics.

She claims that since no coup has materialized, Balsanar could be guilty of one.

“When he is convicted of the coup, it also condemns 1200 people who protested there,” she said.

But there are others who believe that the events of January 8, 2023 were much greater than a simple protest.

Ricardo Kapelli is a former minister who instructed to restore the order in Brazil after the assault on key buildings.

He recalls the “coup” involved in the actions that invaded the three branches of the government and committing “barbaric actions” in the Supreme Court “symbolically attacking the institution, a principled for Brazilian democracy.”

He believes that this process will help to “translate a page in history”, showing that Brazil does not again endure the threats of democracy.

“There are never enough of those who sat at the marina in Brazil at a coup or attempted coup,” he said to the BBC.

For him, the trial also gives a global example. He claims that when the Capitol in the United States had happened in Brazil, “Donald Trump is most likely sitting on the dock.”

As a verdict, the Bolsonar Party, which has a majority in Congress, pushes the bill to grant it and on January 8 amnesty protesters, when the nerves build them.

The answer d a drip to those who call the answer authoritarian: “Study history. Amnesty for past attempts of the coup has led to new coupons. Today’s pardoned coup becomes tomorrow.”

For many years, Bolsonaro divided Brazil into loyalists and opponents.

For his supporters, this court is equal to the persecution for a coup that has never been; For their critics, protection against another dictatorship.

Even some moderate right, who hope that this test can finally conduct a line, but with such different definitions of authoritarianism, polarization can still deepen.