'They are dangerous criminals who will be arrested,' says Marcelo Uchôa about Bolsonaro-supporting terrorists.
"Lula has been certified and will take office," said lawyer and law professor Marcelo Uchôa.
Current Brazil Network - Law professor Marcelo Uchôa stated this morning (13) that the coup-plotting Bolsonaro supporters involved in the acts of terrorism in Brasília last night are “dangerous criminals who will be arrested”. In an interview with the newspaper Rádio Brasil Atual, he criticized the fact that none of them have been arrested.
“Of course, if they were targeting Bolsonaro, it would have involved more police forces, which were not mobilized yesterday,” he said, referring to the freedom of action that the police gave to Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) supporters. After attempting to invade the Federal Police headquarters in Asa Norte, they burned eight cars and five buses. No one was arrested.
The terrorist acts occurred hours after the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and his vice-president, Geraldo Alckmin (PSB). Bolsonaro supporters reacted to the temporary arrest of a leader ordered by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
"Bolsonaro's coup-plotting supporters will not prevent the inauguration."
A member of the Human Rights working group of Lula's Transitional government, Uchôa also criticized the alarmism being created around the situation orchestrated by the coup-plotting Bolsonaro supporters, which he called "isolated." He emphasized that these events were isolated. "Lula was certified and will take office," he assured, referring to an obvious interest in "lighting the fuse for the bomb to explode."
The lawyer argued for holding those involved accountable for all anti-democratic acts, as well as for other acts that have contributed to the current "scorched earth" situation in recent years. In his view, the country is paying the price for failing to fulfill "its role in history."
“This thing of sweeping things under the rug and trying to appease, always trying to please everyone, results in us having this historical debt. The dictatorship wasn't dealt with as it should have been at the time, and today we have people asking for the return of militarism. So I hope these people are held accountable,” he said, referring to the fact that Brazil is the country that has judged and condemned the fewest crimes committed during the dictatorship.
Bolsonaro supporters must pay for their mistakes.
According to him, Jair Bolsonaro's government committed crimes that go beyond the irresponsible mismanagement of public funds, "who wouldn't do with their own money what they do with public money." "It's not just the money: It's papers, documents, lives," said the member of the Human Rights Working Group.
Uchôa referred to the former president of the Palmares Foundation, the Bolsonaro supporter Sérgio Camargo, who even defended the exclusion of 5.300 books from the collection. And to others with the same thinking who are in charge of the National Archives and libraries. “There was a Minister of Education who wanted to remove the tribute to Paulo Freire. These people need to pay for the mistakes, for the crimes they committed. And those related to the pandemic as well. It's not just administrative issues in the management of public affairs… it's at least 200 lives.”
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