nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20191107-095837-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 191107s2019||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20191107-095837-0 doi eng 342 23 Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-7500-0705 Threats to Brazilian Democracy Gain Traction Peluso Neder Meyer, Emilio Verfassungsblog 2019-11-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Democracy in Brazil is under attack and facing a significant level of backsliding. The developments in recent years, from Dilma Rousseff’s parliamentary coup to Jair Bolsonaro’s ascent to power, have shown that democracy erodes in an incremental process. Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro has recently taken another step in that direction when he publicly suggested that a 1964-1985 dictatorship’s decree should be repeated in case the Brazilian left-wing movements took a more radical position. His statements are prohibited under Brazilian law and Brazil’s institutions need to hold Eduardo Bolsonaro accountable in order to put brakes on the country’s democratic decline. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 constitutional democracy Democratic Backsliding rule of law crisis Bustamante, Thomas Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-4493-0088 Cattoni, Marcelo Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/threats-to-brazilian-democracy-gain-traction/ raw object