In the very first case, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes asked for 17 years in prison for Aecio Pereira (51). – They showed complete contempt for the republic, imbued with the audacity of ignorance, said the judge, according to the AFP news agency. The presidential election in Brazil last year had an ugly aftermath. Supporters of the president who lost the election, Jair Bolsonaro, attacked the institutions in the capital Brasilia. Thousands marched towards the Congress building, the presidential palace Planalto and the Supreme Court. The three buildings were stormed and vandalized. They opened fire hydrants, cut holes in paintings, smashed windows and glass fittings. Iconic architecture was damaged. Works of art and national treasures destroyed. The damage was later estimated at 15 million reais, around NOK 30 million. The demand from the demonstrators was that the military had to intervene. They wanted to annul the presidential election and reinstate Bolsonaro. A total of 2,000 people were arrested when the police and the military took back control of the district that houses the three state powers. Just over eight months later, the Supreme Court has begun processing the first four criminal cases. The charges of armed conspiracy, violent rebellion and attempted coup against the Brazilian state can lead to decades in prison. Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes. Photo: AFP An echo from the United States Pereira’s defense attorney emphasized that his client was unarmed. He had envisioned a peaceful demonstration. In any case, he believes the whole case is a political persecution. As the actual attack in Brasília was an echo of the storming of Congress in the USA, the court settlement here will therefore contain many of the same arguments as after 6 January in Washington. Because in Brazil too, the president who lost the election is central. Jair Bolsonaro. Photo: UESLEI MARCELINO / Reuters Jair Bolsonaro was called the Donald Trump of the tropics. He was an ally of his American counterpart and shared many of his authoritarian stances. Nor would he admit defeat when he was not re-elected. The man who beat him, President Lula da Silva, claims Bolsonaro was behind, or at least was involved in, the attack in Brasília. Bolsonaro refuses, but his adjutant has recently entered into a plea deal with the prosecution, The Guardian reports. Supreme Court of Brazil. Photo: AFP
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