After a week of tension in Brazil, the vice president assured that “there is no room for an institutional rupture”

The Vice President of Brazil, the General of the Army Reserve Hamilton Mourao, Ruled out the possibility of a institutional rupture or a coup in the largest Latin American country despite the “strong rhetoric“As president, the far – right leader Jair Bolsonaro.

“There is no room for a break in the 21st century. We cannot look at what happened in the 20th century and move it to the present. Is there strong rhetoric on the part of our Government? There she is. But there are no actions that correspond to this rhetoric, “Mourao said in an interview with the Gaucha Radio and when asked about if Bolsonaro would be pressing once in Brazil.

The vice president spoke about the institutional crisis in Brazil six days after Bolsonaro, in demonstrations in front of thousands of supporters, encourage them to disobey Supreme Court orders or Parliamentary decisions contrary to their interests.

The leader of the Brazilian far right led the mass protests on September 7 in which his supporters came to defend the dissolution of the Supreme Court and Parliament through a “military intervention” with Bolsonaro in power.

A day later, groups of truckers following Bolsonaro they blocked roads in several states of the country and demanded the removal of the judges of the Supreme Court.

“There is no room for a break. That should be very clear. There are no actions that correspond to this rhetoric. I see this more as a strong rhetoric of our Government than as actions that could lead to a rupture“, Mourao insisted, that in recent months he has distanced himself from the head of state and has been less radical.

Mourao said Bolsonaro could be more accurate with his statements because many times his attacks generate crises that harm the country.

“I think a lot of things can be said in a more polished way, without exceeding ethical limits. The government does many things that end up not appearing because of this strong rhetoric, to throw a smokescreen over his positive actions“He said.

“Our institutions are strong, Brazilian democracy is strong, and this will not change for some speeches delivered from one side or the other“, Added the vice president.

The institutional crisis in Brazil eased slightly on Thursday when Bolsonaro himself, after fueling a conflict with the other powers for several weeks, issued a “letter to the Nation.” in which he has stated that he “never” wanted to “attack” the Supreme Court or Congress.

The president acknowledged that “the country is divided between the institutions,” but alleged that the “Harmony (between the powers) is a constitutional will that everyone, without exception, must respect.”

After the attacks on other powers, several sectors, including Supreme Court magistrates, in theegaron that the head of state had committed the so-called “crimes of responsibility”, Which justify the opening of a dismissal political trial in Congress, which led Bolsonaro to take a step back.

According to Mourao, Bolsonaro’s “letter to the Nation” helped reduce tensions in Brazil. “It is conversant that we understand each other. If we all stand on opposite sides of a street and act like wild dogs there is no dialogue. We have to cross the street “, He said.

(With information from EFE)

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