"It's incitement to a coup and terrorism," says Liana Cirne about Bolsonaro supporters' actions.
"What is happening are attempted coups d'état that are criminalized by law," argues the legal expert.
247 - Recife city councilwoman Liana Cirne Lins (PT), who holds a doctorate in Public Law from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), has labeled the actions of Bolsonaro supporters who call for military intervention as a crime, given their disagreement with Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) defeat to Lula (PT) at the polls.
“There is no minimally legitimate legal interpretation. It is indefensible to speak of electoral fraud, to defend freedom when people are defending the suppression of the electoral system, and to defend freedom because they are defending a coup d'état,” he explained.
According to Liana, these are not protests, but acts of terrorism.
“What is happening is not a protest by individuals. They are in front of military barracks all over Brazil demanding a military coup. Article 142 of the Constitution does not foresee anything that resembles what is being demanded by coup plotters. The correct term for what is happening is incitement to a coup d'état, which is the exact opposite of freedom. What is occurring are attempted coups d'état that are criminalized by law, including the penal code itself. These acts are acts of terrorism,” he concluded.
Liana recalled that in 2018, the Workers' Party was defeated in the electoral process amidst a series of irregularities and did not incite attacks on institutions.
“When we lost the election in 2018, with the Supreme Court justices playing a major role, we complied and respected the law. Lula surrendered to the Justice system saying he was a political prisoner, but he did not incite violence against the established powers,” Liana emphasized.
“We were extremely harmed in the 2018 campaign. Lula's name cannot be used in PT campaign materials. The TSE (Superior Electoral Court) ordered that everything mentioning Lula be removed from our campaign material. We were victims of fake news and the judiciary's delay in combating fake news, including in this election. However, at the moment we lost the election, Fernando Haddad, representing us, congratulated the president-elect and wished him a good government. This is the enormous difference between respecting the constituted powers, even while fundamentally disagreeing with the decisions they have made,” he added.
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