Waiting for the crusaders

A Anti-Corruption Crusade He finally seized the political-administrative Holy Grail he had been pursuing with fanatical voracity. Jair Bolsonaro, anointed by the sect, won by claiming this belonging. He is the "puppet" of Lava Jato, a mediocre and vulnerable figure, subjected to more powerful interests that will receive monarchical prerogatives to guarantee their survival.

To say that Lava Jato contributed to discrediting the political class is insufficient. The anti-PT (Workers' Party) virulence gained a very pragmatic slant in the handling of pre-election affairs, with surgical precision. nonexistent in other parties...including Bolsonaro's picturesque PSL party. The list of elected governors and legislators shows that morality only affected those who could, locally and nationally, hinder candidates aligned with the holy cause.

Over the past few years, prosecutors and judges have been direct agents in the normalization of Brazilian fascism. On the repressive front, exceeding a... unconstitutional and biased punitivism against journalists, activists, and party leaders. In the realm of impunity, reproducing the selective habit that guaranteed the survival of Lava Jato, from protecting its members to shielding those who supported it.

The illegal leak of already illegal recordings of Dilma Rousseff, Lula, and the former president's family and lawyers went unpunished by the rigorous authorities. The only opponent who could have defeated Bolsonaro was arrested on the eve of the election for an "undetermined crime," without material evidence of guilt. The Supreme Court maneuvered to... denying Lula the right to habeas corpus and allowed the misuse of functions that prevented isolated release orders.

This pattern dominated the presidential race. The TSE (Superior Electoral Court) cowardly swallowed the pressure from the military, the direct threats from Bolsonaro, the blatant violence of his supporters, and his digital fabrication of lies. The courts prevented Lula from speaking to the press, released the invalid testimony of Antônio Palocci, shut down a magazine, repressed university debates, and censored advertisements that associated the captain with the torture he defends.

The naturalization of nefarious habits of the authorities It paves the way for obscurantism. Tolerance of the physical brutality of police officers, militiamen, and civilian thugs will legitimize criminal arbitrariness in the daily resolution of conflicts. The irregular adherence of public servants to absurdities like the "School Without Political Parties" movement will normalize and disseminate corrective policing at all professional levels. Sérgio Moro has become Minister of Justice, after all.

At the same time, the victorious, brutal ideology will encourage the judicial destruction of opponents. We can expect a grim retail of garrotes, mainly in litigation against freedom of expression, under the guise of punishing apologies for crime, slander and defamation, and attacks on morality. fake newsThe criminalization of the use of the adjective "fascist," for example, is only waiting for a first successful initiative.

Bolsonaro's victory will forever be marked by the aggressive gesture that propelled it. A senseless act, mysteriousthat the media turned into a spectacle Before skepticism could weaken it. Here is the imaginary core of the new power project: the performative shock, the mystification, the redundant game of intangible threats, the diversion through irrationality.

“There is no absolute right” and “no one is above the law,” the slogans of judicial absolutism, have methodological utility. The political triumph of Exceptional Judicial Regime It is based on this negativist discourse, which levels citizens through a generalized rejection of citizenship. The more authoritarian the government, the less incompetent and corrupt it will appear. Curtailed rights will prove the strength of the system and fuel its revolutionary delirium.

But for good people, the institutions will continue to function normally. Glory to God for Brazilian democracy.