Marcelo Coelho: the imbecility of those who advocate for a coup.
"Any general's commitment to the constitution may become less emphatic and unwavering if pressure for a coup grows," writes Marcelo Coelho in Folha; "If someone like Bolsonaro is elected, nothing would prevent him from heeding 'the call of the streets' and restricting democratic freedoms."
247 - "Any general's commitment to the constitution may become less emphatic and unwavering if pressure for a coup grows," writes Marcelo Coelho in Folha.
"If someone like Bolsonaro were elected, nothing would prevent him from heeding 'the call of the streets' and restricting democratic freedoms. Faced with the threat of widespread chaos, whether real or imagined, the Temer government itself might be tempted to impose emergency measures to save it and its group from the troubles of Lava Jato and its electoral consequences."
"In a country where badmouthing politicians is a universally accepted pastime, there's a certain logic to the stupidity of these protesters: without politicians, all that's left are the military."