Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted unanimously that the armed forces have no constitutional power to intervene in disputes between government branches, marking a largely symbolic decision aimed at bolstering democracy after years of increasing threat of military intervention.
FILE - A supporter of Brazil ian President Jair Bolsonaro salutes while singing the nation’s anthem outside a military base during a protest against his reelection defeat in Sao Paulo, Brazil , Nov. 3, 2022. Brazil ’s Supreme Court unanimously voted Monday, April 8, 2024, that the armed forces have no constitutional power to intervene in disputes between government branches, marking a largely symbolic decision aimed at bolstering democracy after years of increasing threat of military intervention.
Article 142’s vague wording had allowed room for some interpretation — although the one espoused by Brazil’s far right was “absolutely crazy,” said João Gabriel Pontes, a constitutional lawyer at Daniel Sarmento e Ademar Borges in Rio de Janeiro. Bolsonaro’s 2018 election in a sense marked the return of the armed forces to power. The former army captain who openly waxed nostalgic for the dictatorship era appointed high-ranking officers to his Cabinet and thousands of active-duty service members and reservists to civilian positions throughout his administration.with auditing electronic voting machines whose reliability he cast doubt upon, without ever providing evidence.
“Nothing has the power to avoid a coup in the future. Nothing,” Hubner said. But the court’s position helps to combat justifications for a coup, he said.
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