The Federal Supreme Court (STF) is promoting, on January 8th, in Brasília, an event to remember the coup acts of three years ago, when a few thousand supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro – demanding a military coup – invaded and vandalized government buildings in the capital of the Republic. 
To mark the date, the Supreme Court is holding the event “Unshakable Democracy: January 8 – A day not to forget”. The program includes the opening of an exhibition, the screening of a documentary, a conversation with journalists and a debate table.
In the early afternoon of January 8th there will be the opening of the exhibition “January 8th: Hands of Reconstruction”, to be shown in the Server Space, at the STF.
Afterwards, the documentary “Unshaken Democracy: Hands of Reconstruction” will be shown at the court’s own Museum.
The program continues with a conversation with press professionals on the topic, also at the STF Museum, and ends with the round table “A day not to forget”, in the main hall of the Supreme Court.
Coup d’état
When remembering the two years since January 8th, this year, the president of the STF, minister Edson Fachin, stated that the coup acts were the “visible face” of an “underground” movement that articulated a coup d’état.
“Remembering this date, with the gravity that the episode deserves, also constitutes an effort to turn the page, but without tearing it out of history”, highlighted Fachin during a ceremony that commemorated the two years since January 8th.
Coup acts
Shortly after the election results were announced on October 30, 2022, a movement began calling for a military coup to prevent elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office.
Highways were closed and coup camps were set up in front of barracks in several cities across the country.
Also marked by the escalation of coup acts were the planting of a bomb near Brasília International Airport, on Christmas Eve, and the invasion of a Federal Police (PF) station after the burning of buses on the day of Lula’s diploma, also in Brasília.
After investigations into these acts, the STF convicted former president Jair Bolsonaro and close allies of attempted coup d’état and other crimes, holding the former president responsible for a conspiracy against the electoral result with the aim of remaining in power after his defeat in 2022.
According to the conviction, Bolsonaro tried to convince military commanders to join a coup d’état to annul the elections.
