Villaça explains why impeachment is a coup.
Film critic Pablo Villaça said on his profile this Wednesday (10), that the process that elected president Dilma Rousseff is undergoing in Congress “is not impeachment nor is it a trial for a crime of responsibility”; for him, “a coup and the process is purely political and economic”; according to Villaça, the Brazilian population sees the “impeachment” as a process that contains irregularities and the absolute majority wants new elections; the critic also stated that “Temer shamelessly manipulated the process not only to make the impeachment viable, but to confirm it”
By Pablo Villaça, on his Facebook page.
It's not an impeachment, nor is it a trial for crimes of responsibility; it's a coup, and the process is purely political and economic.
The press around the world (except for the Brazilian press, complicit with the coup plotters) denounced the impeachment farce. But it's not a coup.
More than HALF of the Brazilian population sees the "impeachment" process as one that contains irregularities. And an absolute majority wants new elections. But it's not a coup.
A former governor notorious for his so-called "fiscal maneuvers" becomes the rapporteur for a case concerning them and says they are crimes. But it's not a coup.
A former governor, former congressman, defeated candidate, and senator who is the most frequently mentioned in plea bargain testimonies gives a speech talking about "honesty" and "impunity." But it's not a coup.
The experts called in by the Senate itself conclude that no crime was committed, and they are ignored. But it's not a coup.
Several defense witnesses had their summons to testify denied by the impeachment committee. But it's not a coup.
The number of sessions is reduced to speed up the process in order to ensure that the coup-installed vice-president can be confirmed in office before his popularity plummets even further. But it's not a coup.
FHC, in an interview with Al Jazeera, admitted that there was no crime and that the trial is political - and also that a good portion of the senators voted out of "opportunism." But it's not a coup.
The leader of the Temer "government" in the Chamber of Deputies, Rose de Freitas, publicly admitted that "there was no such thing as fiscal irresponsibility." But it's not a coup.
The trial of Eduardo Cunha, a close ally of Temer (the Little One), has already lasted THREE HUNDRED days and has been postponed once again so that it does not occur before the impeachment vote and compromise it. But it is not a coup.
The coup-installed vice president, since taking power, has issued executive orders that consist precisely of these alleged fiscal maneuvers, and the Federal Audit Court approved them without problems. But it's not a coup.
Temer's right-hand man, Romero Jucá, was RECORDED conspiring to overthrow Dilma in order to stop Lava Jato. But it's not a coup.
The government program elected by 54 million people was abandoned by Temer, who went in the opposite direction and immediately – even as interim president! – began privatizations, cuts to workers' rights, and social programs. But it's not a coup.
Senators who, immediately after the initial vote in the House, expressed doubt about the "impeachment" were approached by Temer to "negotiate" their position – and Romário, for example, gained the right to appoint the directors of Furnas. But it's not a coup.
The Military Police and the National Force are repressing all demonstrations against the "impeachment" and in favor of "Temer Out." But it's not a coup.
The Supreme Federal Court (STF), which oversees the impeachment process and had its judges' salary increase vetoed by Dilma, was immediately rewarded with a raise when Temer took power, impacting the public accounts by 58 billion reais, a situation the coup leader had claimed he would reduce. But it's not a coup.
The candidates who lost in the last election became part of the "government" that ousted the one elected by the people. But it's not a coup.
Temer brazenly maneuvered not only to enable the impeachment, but to confirm it, even having an audio recording of his inauguration speech leaked before the first trial, thus confirming that he was doing everything possible to take the place of the President, of whom he was vice-president. But it's not a coup.
And it is a coup, ultimately, because it involves interrupting public policies chosen by the majority of the population in the last four elections. The sale of the Carcará oil field, which was worth almost 23 billion and was handed over for 8 billion, is an exact repetition of the privatization process of FHC (Fernando Henrique Cardoso) that would be rejected by the people. Similarly, Temer's statements about raising the retirement age to 70, eliminating (oops, sorry: "flexibilizing") the CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws) and handing over the definition of each employee's rights to their employers are the purest manifestation of a policy interested only in pleasing the elite.
For the Brazilian elite, in fact, their vote should be worth more than that of those who are not among the richest 10% - and, with the coup, they proved once again that "democracy" is a null concept in a country that has a media concerned not with the ethics and veracity of what it publishes, but with the interests it serves.
The Brazilian elite is the type that considers it "wrong" to vote for a candidate who isn't committed to their interests. And they feel entitled to "correct" the "mistake" however they see fit.
The Brazilian elite, in short, is the one you can see in the image accompanying this post. These are the kinds of people who are now in power.
We no longer live in a democracy. This is the portrait of Brazil in 2016 and for who knows how many years to come.