Support for Moro draws attention in anti-government demonstrations.

Do Conjur – While in the 2013 demonstrations the name of then Supreme Court Justice Joaquim Barbosa stood out in the streets, with people asking him to run for president of the Republic, in this Sunday's (August 16) demonstration against the government, the hero is federal judge Sergio Moro, responsible in Curitiba for the actions of the "Lava Jato" operation, which investigates a corruption scheme at Petrobras.

Barbosa, however, was not forgotten. In a banner with the Masonic symbol carried to the protests taking place in Salvador, the former president of the Supreme Federal Court appears alongside Sergio Moro, Supreme Federal Court Justice Gilmar Mendes, and the Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot. In addition to them, the banner, inscribed "patriots," features photos of members of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office responsible for conducting "Lava Jato."

Moro was also remembered in other places. In Rio de Janeiro, there are protesters wearing T-shirts that read "I love Sergio Moro". In Pernambuco, a banner asks the judge "not to abandon us". At the same demonstration, a giant puppet of the judge was made, similar to those traditional in the Olinda carnival. In the interior of São Paulo, there are protesters wearing masks of the federal judge. In Brasília, another banner says: "Moro, we are with you".

Various reasons
The anti-government demonstrations this Sunday are taking place in several cities across the country. The reason is the same: dissatisfaction. The proposed solutions to the problems, however, have varied. There are those who advocate for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, and others who defend the return of the military dictatorship.

Boilermaker Julio Peres carried a banner that read "Constitutional Intervention Now!". For him, only the military can restore order in the country. "There's a reversal of values ​​and they want to implant communism here. With intervention, all branches of government will fall and six months later we'll call new elections," he stated. Agency Brazil.

The image editor, João Santolin, does not defend the impeachment Not even intervention. A former PT voter, he says he took to the streets to express his dissatisfaction with the government. "I don't agree with everything that's said here, but things can't go on like this anymore. There's a lack of justice in this country and in this government," he said.

There are even those who are at the demonstrations because they are against abortion. Student Viviane Picorelli, a member of the "Let the little ones come" movement, joined the demonstration to ask that abortion not be legalized. "Dilma's government, represented by the left, is the one that has most promoted abortion in our country," she declared.