The president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Edson Fachin, said this Monday (26) that democracy is going through “challenging times” in Brazil and the Americas.
The minister’s statement was made during the inauguration of Rodrigo Mudrovitsch, a Brazilian judge, as president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in Costa Rica.
Fachin cited the convictions of those involved in the coup acts of January 8, 2023 and said that the Three Brazilian Powers faced “dark forces” that aimed at a coup d’état.
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“The Democratic Rule of Law is going through challenging times. Just this month, we remember three years since an episode that tested the strength of our democratic institutions and constitutional justice”, he commented.
The minister also stated that the democratic erosion of institutions represents a new form of attempted democratic disruption.
“Authoritarian movements that seek to supplant democracy do not always show themselves in their most strident and explicitly violent face. Today, we are witnessing a movement with a new guise, although equally harmful in its effects. Democratic erosion, which corrodes institutions from within”, he added.
