The Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) government viewed the act this Saturday (7) on Avenida Paulista, organized by the right, as an attempt to intimidate Federal Supreme Court (STF) minister Alexandre de Moraes and a way for the former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) strengthens an agenda — amnesty for those involved in January 8 — for his own benefit.
For Lula’s assistants, the act would have failed more than it had been successful — due to the supposed lack of agendas, not the number of people.
The review was prepared during lunch at Palácio da Alvorada, in Brasília, after the Sete de Setembro parade.
Lula received guests, including ministers from the Esplanada and the Supreme Court, for a barbecue at the official residence of the Presidency of the Republic. According to one of those present, it was a “Saturday post-parade review”.
For one of the ministers closest to the president, Bolsonaro would have been held hostage by the “extreme right” discourse, while Lula showed important issues in the parade such as the G20, the reconstruction of Rio Grande do Sul, in addition to demonstrating the “harmony” of the government and an institutional relationship with other Powers.
The governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite (PSDB), the presidents of the Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, and of the National Congress, senator Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-AL), also attended the parade.
The political core of the government claims that the mobilization agenda in Paulista was empty and aimed at Bolsonaro’s own benefit. The event, which was initially organized to protest against the blockade of X, had speeches in favor of amnesty for those convicted of the undemocratic acts of January 8, 2023.
Lula’s ministers assess that, with the amnesty, the former president himself would benefit from the decision and would not be judged within the scope of the investigation that deals with the matter.
Sources also claim that, by incisively criticizing Alexandre de Moraes, Bolsonaro would aim to intimidate the minister and try to paralyze the processes he is responding to in the Supreme Court — increasing the political cost of a possible decision against him.
The agenda that provides for amnesty is in the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) in the Chamber, which is chaired by deputy Caroline de Toni (PL), an ally of the former president.
