Gilmar Mendes Pin Inspiration of Brazilian Right Leaders in Bukele’s actions
Federal Supreme Court (STF), Gilmar Mendes, criticized the fact that Brazilian authorities were inspired by the security measures adopted by Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. The statement was made after politicians such as the governor of Minas, Romeu Zema (Novo), the Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, Captain Derrite (PL-SP), and Federal Deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) publicly praise the way President Salvadoran has conducted security policies in his country.
Gilmar Mendes did not mention names, but said there are “people wanting to be inspired by Bukele”, and that this posture cannot be applied in Brazil. “This makes no sense. At least this does not fit in the 1988 Constitution. It is a police violence that goes beyond the limits. The crime must be combated without committing a crime,” says the minister.
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Gilmar Mendes also appealed for human rights to be taken into consideration in the public security debate.
The minister participated in the 2nd International Seminar on Public Security, Human Rights and Democracy, organized by the Institute for Reform of State and Company Relations (IREE) in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Development and Research Teaching (IDP).
Brazilian authorities praise Bukele
The way President Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez is facing organized crime in El Salvador is drawing attention. Like a nation with an area smaller than Sergipe, with 6 million inhabitants, El Salvador has left the position of one of the world’s most violent countries, with 106 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants – more than 3 times Brazil’s number – for a homicide rate of only 1.9 per 100,000 inhabitants.
Bukele obtained the rates after the promulgation of a series of radical policies against organized crime, including the construction of megapreside and the arrest of large -scale suspects and without due process.
In Brazil, the São Paulo Secretary of Public Security, Guilherme Derrite praised the controversial policy of the exception regime established in El Salvador. In March this year, Derrite said that Brazil should learn from the small country in Central America to reduce homicide rates – and took the opportunity to criticize a federal program designed to combat human rights violations in the Brazilian prison system.
Federal Deputy Nikolas Ferreira also publicly praised Salvadoran’s actions. Last week, during a hearing with Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski, at the Chamber Constitution and Justice Commission, the miner defended harder actions against crime in Brazil. At the time, he spoke of “bukeization” Brazil, suggesting the adoption of measures similar to those implemented by Bukele.
Still last week, the governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, who stands as a possible candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, referred to Bukele’s policies as the “most successful in human history” against organized crime.
