In Brazil the prevalent comment of the opposition about yesterday's (29.08) trial session is that Dilma Rousseff kept on dwelling upon the same arguments. What about her accusers? Did they add anything other than a handful (or less) decrees they endlessly insist are a crime?
No.
I could engage in a long writing, but right now less is especially more. More than ever.
Why is Dilma ready to get back to power and remain a mostly absent grandmother (two grandsons in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul)?
1. Dilma Rousseff is a very rare person in that she is truly concerned about the Brazilian nation.
This process of impeachment has proved this: governability is Temer's stuff and that means saying amen to the U.S.'s (and others) avid interest in pre-salt. Leadership is now definitely a
Dilma's attribute.
2. Dilma's maturity and gumption have put the Senate before a historic opportunity.
Such opportunity is that of defeating forces which today are totally unjustifiable but that insist on interfering in Latin America for the worst of the Latin peoples.
On Dilma's return to power, the world shall inevitably recognise the superiority of the higher House of Congress for its - unexpected but, surely, all-possible - capability of making an independent trial rather than endorsing an unscrupulous, hypocritical and so-called neoliberal jump supported by a hysterical media that deliriously claim itself to be free.
3. By declaring 'no' to that jump, the Senate will be empowering itself.
Only the shortsighted think that the opposite would be true. Even more important, on showing itself nothing else than merely logical, the Senate will find its legs in order to cut back the Forth Power exercised by Rodrigo Janot, under the tag of 'Car Wash'.
By way of urgent clarification, car wash (lava jato) is the most corrupt operation allegedly against corruption in the history of mankind.
4. The shortsighted claim that Dilma is responsible for the crisis - after all, they argue, it broke out while she was in power.
Well, the astonishing power increase of Janot's club happened precisely 'during' the crisis. Actually, Janot is the one that should be under impeachment trial for the measures he is responsible for, which make by far the most significant factors in leading up to the devastation Brazilians find themselves into.
The main explanation for Dilma's - and not Janot's - being under trial is the lack of maturity and intellectual muscles in most of the Brazilians - higher social classes heavily included.
5. Dilma - who could tell so a little ago? - has proved a visionary person. And, on top, industrious.
She moved forward regardless of the shortsightedness of the very PT, party to which she belongs to. Those unique qualities have been interpreted as isolation, arrogance. No surprise - this is often so. The extraordinary was perceived by the ones able to confirm those qualities as she learned and recovered fast from a dire situation - she has done much better than Lula da Silva.
6. Dilma has not lied. But has been cautious enough to omit a key part of the story.
Earlier, back in 2013 or so, she was very likely seduced by Rodrigo Janot, and that would make her worst mistake.
It is now more than a year ago, but I kind of still hear Janot's words, 'Petrobras' top management must go.' Dilma said no.
Janot won in the end.
Janot fancies to say he only wants to guide society, so that it then decides. Jesus!
DILMA OR JANOT
Indifferent to the chaos he has commanded, Janot goes round in campaign for even more power for his club, paving the way with a series of big contradictions; but only a few are able to spot them.
Copying the Catholic Church (Lei da Ficha Limpa) and boasting 2,000 signatures, Janot roadshows his "10 measures against corruption" declaring they come from the people. Janot does not say his Public Ministry asked a 'poor' lady, footballplayer Kaká's ex-mother-in-law to help collect the signatures.
Extremely authoritarian, Janot can change emotionally so fast that shocks even a fly. In the main papers, however, his calculated images deceive us into thinking he is sensible and godlike. Videos on the internet are enough to indicate he is very, very far from that.
Janot and Dilma - different as they are - represent the opposing sides that matter in Brazil today. Dilma has done a praiseworthy job toward curbing corruption in the sensible way. She thus clashes with Janot in that she does not want to destroy the companies, while Janot has done just that. BTG Pactual, Odebrecht, several other Petrobras huge partners, Petrobras itself - all virtually closed.
The relevant question then is, 'why is it so hard to declare Janot's operation the main - obvious - responsible for the crisis? Ah! One who states so is bound to be accused, by the very Janot, of 'obstructing justice.'
So this feature in the context of Dilma's trial has been largely missed; in other words, centered in Rodrigo Janot, the world's most challenging authoritarian trap is in place right now in Brazil.
If Dilma is back to power, Janot's Public Ministry ridiculous - but successfully advertised - interventions, whose actual roots are far beyond Brazilian constitution, will be firmly in the way out of the crisis. But there would be some extra energy and focus to join forces against that.
If she is not back, one should expect the worst. A significant share of the world economy will remain arrested, in a way or another, under Janot's uncontrollable ruling, all friendly with FBI, U.S. Dept of Justice, and so on. Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles is not awaiting Temer's confirmation; he is already frozen out of action.
No exaggeration to finally realize Dilma's condemnation would also mean an impeachment on Brazilians' basic freedom and conscience, provided they have one.
