Bolsonaro is a danger to democracy, says Merval Pereira.
Journalist Merval Pereira, who supported the 2016 parliamentary coup, states that "Bolsonaro wants to constrain the democratic forces that impose limits on any president of the Republic, because he wants to create a government more free from these limitations, which is dangerous."
247 - Journalist Merval Pereira, who supported the 2016 parliamentary coup, observes that the video of the ministerial meeting in which Jair Bolsonaro threatened to fire then-Minister Sergio Moro shows that he "complained about his personal security and that of his family. Without knowing the context of the discussion, since the video has not yet been released, it can be stated, however, that Moro would be the wrong interlocutor, since the security of the president and his family is provided by the Army and the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin)."
“Furthermore, the one who was dismissed was the Director-General of the Federal Police, and by extension, Minister Sergio Moro. Another interesting point is that Delegate Alexandre Ramagem, who was nominated by Bolsonaro to head the Federal Police, was the head of ABIN (Brazilian Intelligence Agency). Therefore, if the complaint referred to personal security, which was Ramagem's responsibility, why nominate him for the Federal Police?” Merval questions in his column in the newspaper. The Globe.
According to him, "Bolsonaro wants to constrain the democratic forces that impose limits on any president of the Republic, because he wants to run a government that is more free from these limitations, which is dangerous."
“In a direct democracy, it is possible to manipulate plebiscites, consultations, referendums, and the president begins to be authorized to do things that the Supreme Court and Congress would not authorize. Minister Luis Fux will assume the presidency of the Supreme Court in September, and I hope he will have a greater vision of the State than Toffoli is demonstrating,” he emphasizes.