Bolsonaro says at rally in Rio de Janeiro that Brazil is on the verge of dictatorship and praises Elon Musk

At a demonstration this Sunday on the famous Copacabana beach, south of the city of Rio de Janeiro, former President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of planning a coup in 2022, switched roles and told the listening crowd that Brazil is now on the brink dictatorship, but she will continue to fight for freedom. In his speech, the former president avoided direct attacks on the Federal Supreme Court STF, where several cases are pending that could land him in prison, and praised billionaire Elon Musk, who has launched a blistering attack on the court in the past two weeks. .

Bolsonaro, in a long speech lasting more than half an hour, in which he was careful with his words and avoided the harsh and controversial phrases that he usually uses, said that in Brazil there is a process aimed at silencing the voice of true democrats, having in the sight of their far-right followers, and that if not for his struggle and the struggle of those who support him, Brazil would already be living under a brutal left-wing dictatorship. On many occasions, without calling him by name or insulting him as he has done on other occasions, Jair Bolsonaro has criticized the decisions of the STF judge Alexandre de Moraes who is handling the cases against him, mainly the magistrate’s decisions to freeze accounts and the contents of legal documents. extremists on Platform X, the old Twitter that spread hate speech and fake news.

And after citing platform owner Elon Musk several times as the man who had the courage to show the world the high risk of the end of freedom of expression that Brazil now faces, Bolsonaro demanded applause for the multimillionaire: in front of the crowd. Musk used the magistrate who is leading a massive scheme to restore censorship in Brazil, trying to silence the voices of those challenging the current government led by Lula da Silva, and called on Brazil’s Congress to fire the judge.

Selected to carry out the strongest attack on the Federal Supreme Court and mainly on Moraes, evangelist pastor Silas Malafaia of the Assemblies of God said that the magistrate currently poses the biggest threat to democracy and freedom in Brazil. Malafaia went further, calling the President of the Congress, Senator Rodrigo Pacheco, “weak” for refusing to initiate the process of removing Alexander de Moraes from the STF, and even suggested that the commanders of the army, navy and air force resign from their posts. that Brazil could carry out, without any pressure, an investigation that, according to a senior pastor, would prove that Jair Bolsonaro never attempted a coup and that this accusation is a way to silence him and prevent him from continuing to denounce the arbitrariness of justice and current government.