Brazil now joins South Korea (1996), Peru (2009), Uruguay (2010), and Bolivia (2022) in proving the rule of law can reach ex-presidents who trample their constitutions. One major democracy still wont test that principle...
We (Colombia) barely joined that club a few weeks ago for a few days, but corruption and the dark powers that have ruled this country for a long time kept reigning.
A shame it will not be joining the ranks of El Salvador and Nepal.
Brazil is not a democracy. These judge-kings prove it.
Trample the constitution? They do it on a daily basis. It was especially noticeable before the 2022 election when they engaged in blatantly unconstitutional political censorship. I saw them do it.
Their profoundly destabilizing actions are a major reason why there was a "coup attempt" in the first place. If only the condemned had actually tried. At least they would have gone down fighting and might even have succeeded. Maybe we wouldn't be living under the rule of communist judge-kings.
Brazil and democracy in the same sentence is just disgusting. Not a single person voted for these judge-kings. They essentially make up laws as they go along. They walk all over our senate. Our elected representatives are nothing before them. They are so brazen as to raise taxes. They have been grabbing power since at least 2019 and by now have usurped every single function of the government.