Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, plans to hold rallies on Brazil's Independence Day on Monday, September 7, as part of his presidential campaign against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The events are intended to capitalize on a crisis surrounding Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is being accused by some of misconduct and political persecution of the Bolsonaro family. Organizers estimate that tens of thousands of people will attend the main rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo. Senator Bolsonaro's campaign has been gaining momentum in opinion polls, with his name running neck and neck with Lula's ahead of next month's election.
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Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, is planning rallies on Independence Day (Monday) in Sao Paulo, as part of his presidential campaign against current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The events aim to capitalize on a crisis surrounding the Brazilian Supreme Court, specifically targeting Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who has been aggressively pursuing Bolsonaro senior over a coup plot conviction. With opinion polls showing Bolsonaro running neck and neck with Lula, the rallies are seen as an attempt to boost his campaign ahead of next month's election. The protests on Paulista Avenue will be held despite being considered politically sensitive, with organizers calling for Lula's government and Justice de Moraes to step down.
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Bolsonaro son to hold rallies as Brazil court crisis offers opening against Lula
SAO PAULO, Sept 7 -
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Brazil's opposition is set to take to the streets on Independence Day on Monday, as right-wing presidential hopeful Senator Flavio Bolsonaro seeks to capitalize on a crisis engulfing the country's Supreme Court to bolster his campaign against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ahead of next month's election.
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Organizers have cast the rally as a protest against Lula's government and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, whose aggressive pursuit of former President Jair Bolsonaro, the senator's father, over a coup plot that led to the former president's conviction has made him one of Brazil's most polarizing figures.
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The main protest on Paulista Avenue, Sao Paulo's most traditional stage for political demonstrations, comes at a politically sensitive moment as opinion polls show the senator running neck and neck with leftist Lula.
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"We have a commitment to Brazil.
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Independence and our freedom must be defended," Senator Bolsonaro said in a social media post calling supporters to Paulista Avenue.
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"We are the last obstacle preventing Brazil from becoming a dictatorship," he added in a separate post.
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FOLLOWING IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS
The senator is following in his father's footsteps, frequently invoking Independence Day and other patriotic symbols to rally support for what he portrays as a struggle against a corrupt political establishment.
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The senator has so far struggled to mobilize the tens of thousands his father used to attract in his defense, but this time the demonstration follows an unprecedented conflict between justices that has engulfed Brazil's Supreme Court and raised difficult questions about Moraes' conduct.
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The feud erupted after Justice Andre Mendonca, a Bolsonaro appointee, disclosed a report raising questions about alleged contacts between Moraes and a banker accused of leading a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, prompting calls for an investigation of the justice.
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Moraes responded by seeking an investigation into Mendonca for alleged abuse of authority.
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A large turnout on Monday could strengthen calls for investigations into Moraes.
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The controversy could also provide a boost to Flavio Bolsonaro, who has argued that his father, currently under house arrest and barred from running for office, is the victim of political persecution by Moraes.
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"Brazil has a unique opportunity to remove Alexandre de Moraes from the Supreme Court," said former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, the senator's brother.
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Lula, meanwhile, is expected to attend the annual Independence Day military parade in Brasilia, maintaining a tradition observed by Brazilian presidents.
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