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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:07 AM Jun 2020

Brazil's Bolsonaro says military will not remove elected president

Source: Reuters

JUNE 15, 2020 / 4:43 PM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO

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BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that the country’s military would not obey any order to remove an elected president, deepening a war of words with the judicial branch that has led to fears of threats to democracy in the country.

Speaking during a radio interview, the far-right former army captain said the armed forces would not accept “a political judgment to remove a democratically elected president.”

He added: “Us, military men from the armed forces, and I’m also a military man, hold the true responsibility for democracy in our country. We would never follow absurd orders.”

Bolsonaro’s comments echoed a similar statement, released on Friday and co-signed by Vice President Hamilton Mourão and Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo, that have sparked concerns over a looming constitutional battle between Bolsonaro and Brazil’s Supreme Court.



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Brazil's Bolsonaro says military will not remove elected president (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2020 OP
No. But the senate might. sandensea Jun 2020 #1
Poor Brazil. Been there, the people so warm and friendly .... secondwind Jun 2020 #2
This is such an eerie situation. It's like Trump asked Bolsonaro to "run it up the flagpole" Judi Lynn Jun 2020 #3

sandensea

(21,530 posts)
1. No. But the senate might.
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 01:26 AM
Jun 2020

There's a lot of talk of impeachment in Brazil's Senate - though for now Bolso's being kept afloat by the fact that the myriad parties can't agree on a way forward.

Bolso, meanwhile, is no doubt scheming with hard-right generals on the idea of a "self-coup" - i.e. when a democratically-elected but authoritarian president declares himself dictator.

I can just hear Cheeto now: "Bill! Why can't I do that!"

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
2. Poor Brazil. Been there, the people so warm and friendly ....
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 02:10 AM
Jun 2020

makes me sick to my stomach what he’s doing to the Amazon and the indigenous people.

Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
3. This is such an eerie situation. It's like Trump asked Bolsonaro to "run it up the flagpole"
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 03:28 AM
Jun 2020

so he could see himself how people reacted to the idea when Bolsonaro discussed it, without taking any of the risk himself!


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