Bolsonaro’s awkward farewell

There doesn’t seem to be a better destination for bolsonaro More so than most Trumpist regions of the United States. would stay at first Floridapreferably in Orlando. The former captain will seek solace among his American friends. This bolsonarism The most radical group, representing 15% of the electorate, had expected more daring actions from its leader and would take institutional tensions to its final consequences, as Donald Trump did. At one point, bolsonaro He must have offended his highest followers when he handed over responsibility to Ciro Nogueira, Minister of the Civil Assembly. transition. The president, without his usual sternness, has barely yielded to the far-right’s challenge to the election results. The highest court rejected the petition, and still the president shut his mouth to contemplate his lonely disappointment.

depression and crying days

He never ceased to wait in silence for events that would stop the world. return of the left to government. Perhaps an enraged crowd that could change the course of history and mobilize the Armed Forces. “Best friends and interlocutors are worried. In his final days at Planalto, the president seems to have lost touch with reality and plunged into a parallel world. He created his own story, as if in a trance. The events around him,” Carlos José Marques said in a column for the magazine. istoe, about the final hours as head of state. “Shows signs of a chronic depressive state this causes cry a lot all the time,” he added.

In this state of “madness” as Marques describes it, bolsonaro withdrew from Brasília before new residents arrived. Rio de Janeiro columnist Marcos Azambuja says, “The pain and humiliation of defeat is often alleviated when the ritual of charity is performed with diligence and dignity. Of course, that’s not what we’re witnessing.” or the world. “Observing a proven ceremony relaxes those who leave and softens the enthusiasm of those who come. Above all, it allows an honorable chapter to be closed and life to continue. Bolsonaro – in his silence and virtual seclusion – keeps it intense. illegitimate hopes of many of his followers, hope of provoking military or even divine intervention”.

weight of inheritance

“He will not hand over the presidential belt to Lula. It is an interesting question to determine whether final symbolic attack on democracy, cradle problem (poor education), running away from home, or a combination of all three. One thing that has been inadequately resolved by democracies is the extent of the judicial shield afforded to heads of government or heads of state”, one of the usual commentators considered. folha Helio Schwartsman from Sao Paulo.

An inventory of the Bolsonaro era begins in the midst of this disgrace, and Justice Start taking action on this sooner or later. Lula talked about a legacy disaster on all orders. Days before the change of command, federal police concluded that the former captain had violated the public peace by making “voluntary” and “conscious” posts. False news linking the COVID vaccine to the risk of contracting AIDSas well as encouraging people not to wear protective masks. This Pandemicinitially ridiculed by the president, enough to describe it as “little flu”left almost 700,000 dead.

Bolsonaro left the government but Bolsonarism stuck in Brazil. Analysts predict that this angry section of society will stay here and they are upset. For now, it is unknown what the former captain will do next. His silence for now opposes any attempt to preserve the political capital accumulated in the elections.