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Paulo Henrique Arantes

A journalist for nearly four decades, he is the author of the book "Portraits of Destruction: Flashes from the Years in which Jair Bolsonaro Tried to Destroy Brazil". Editor of the newsletter "Noticiário Comentado" (paulohenriquearantes.substack.com)

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Rubinho Nunes, a reactionary against Father Júlio Lancellotti

The idea is to undermine the candidacy of Guilherme Boulos, whom Father Júlio Lancellotti supports.

Júlio Lancellotti (Photo: Felipe L. Gonçalves/Brasil247)

The author of the proposal to create a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry in the São Paulo City Council to investigate the actions of NGOs that support drug addicts in São Paulo's "Cracolândia" (crackland) is quite young, born in 1988, but he can be referred to as a familiar face. Rubinho Nunes wants to prosecute Father Júlio Lancellotti, whose social work is the embodiment of true Christianity.

Of course, the idea is to harm the candidacy of Guilherme Boulos, whom Lancellotti supports – and it's natural that he does, since both are mobilizing forces, in tune with each other, in defense of the enormous population contingent that lives in subhuman conditions on the streets of São Paulo.

Rubinho is one of the founders of the Free Brazil Movement, the MBL, that group of reactionary young people that emerged to encourage the overthrow of Dilma Rousseff. He was one of the organizers of those pro-impeachment demonstrations that made green and yellow the official colors of the coup.

From 2011 to the present day, he has demonstrated his political versatility by being a member of no fewer than six parties: PR, MDB, Patriota, PSL, Podemos, and União Brasil.

 In 2016, he filed the first impeachment request against a Supreme Court Justice, accusing Marco Aurélio Mello of acting arbitrarily by ordering, through a preliminary injunction, that the Speaker of the House, Eduardo Cunha, put to a vote an impeachment request against the President of the Republic, Michel Temer. The whole thing ended up being shelved.

In 2018, Lula, who was imprisoned, had his privileges as a former president of the Republic revoked by federal judge Haroldo Nader, of the 6th Court of Campinas, in a decision regarding a class action lawsuit led by Rubinho Nunes.

Back in 2018, the young reactionary politician from Vinhedo, along with the ineffable Kim Kataguiri, filed a lawsuit to challenge Lula's candidacy for President of the Republic based on the Clean Record Law. The MBL duo were victorious in the Superior Electoral Court, as is well known.

Rubinho Nunes belongs to that category of self-proclaimed modern young politicians who love to preach nonsense like meritocracy. Hatred of the State and any state action aimed at social justice and equality is the hallmark of these boys.

* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.