Read more about it here in Portuguese [find out here] and remind case related to it – when young man was arrested because of sarcastic tweet [find out here]. The event is linked to the use of the National Law Security under Bolsonaro Administration. More information about the National Law Security and its origins can be found here [1] and about its recent inflated application here [2].
Acts that employ tools of constant authoritarian reinvention. Authoritarian manifestations that coexist with the democratic regime and affect democracy as a system of choice of legitimate representatives or as institutional dynamics that protect rights and guarantee pluralism.
Acts justified by tackling the covid-19 pandemic or another emergency. Under the democratic constitutional regime, emergency acts must respect the Constitution and protect the rights to life and health. Even so, because they create exceptional restrictions related to the health crisis, they require constant control over their necessity, proportionality and temporal limitation. In the long run, they demand attention so as not to become an anti-democratic 'new normal' beyond the moment of emergency.