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The French King Louis XIV is credited with saying “L’Etat, c’est moi” (I am the state). “In an absolutist system, that makes sense,” says an editorial in the Estadão published this Thursday (20), adding: “In the democratic regime, no executive, legislative, or judiciary authority rests with the state.” Hence the respective protective measures of the state and the authorities are not confused or confused.”
The newspaper criticizes Justice and Public Security Minister Flávio Dino’s interpretation that the alleged attacks on Minister Alexandre de Moraes’ family in Rome could constitute a crime against the democratic rule of law. The editorial recalls that the Defense of the Rule of Law Act, passed in 2021, seeks to eliminate the risk that the National Security Law will be construed “as a defense of the integrity of the authorities or of a particular school of thought”.
“In a democratic constitutional state, defending the democratic regime cannot be confused with defending the authorities. “These are different topics with specific protective measures,” the newspaper defended. “That is why the Justice Minister Flávio Dino is deeply mistaken when, in an interview about the confusion that took place at Rome airport with the participation of Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Court, he says that the moral and physical aggressions “that which against the Richter and his family could be classified as a crime against the democratic rule of law an obvious absurdity,” says the Estadão.
The editorial points out that this does not mean that the incident does not need to be investigated. “The task of the police investigation is to find out what actually happened. “When sufficient information is available as to the materiality and authorship of a crime or crimes, it is up to the State Department to file the appropriate complaint with the judiciary,” the newspaper reads, musing, “But there is nothing that allows for the conversion of any physical or physical Criminal offenses allowed.” moral aggression against an STF minister and his family in a crime against the democratic rule of law”.