“This judge has blatantly and repeatedly betrayed the Constitution and the people of Brazil. Should he resign or be fired“said the also head of the electric car manufacturer tesla and aerospace SpaceX on the social network that it acquired mostly in 2022.
The billionaire also promised to soon publish “all (judicial) requests for Alexandre de Moraes and how these requests violate the law.”
Elon Musk slipped the possibility of closing the offices in Brazil
Saturday night, Musk began a series of attacks against the high magistrate in Xin particular saying that he was going to challenge his legal decisions by “lifting all the restrictions” they imposed on him, although without giving further details.
“We will probably lose all our income in Brazil and we will have to close our offices there. But principles are more important than profits,” he insisted.
Who is Alexandre de Moraes, the judge against whom Elon Musk attacked
Judge with an iron character and divisive figure, tyrannical for some and a fervent defender of democracy for others, Alexandre de Moraes is one of the 11 members of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF).
Also, the magistrate presides over the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), in charge of organizing and supervising popular voting instances.
Alexandre de Moraes has led the fight against disinformation in Brazilin recent years and ordered the blocking accounts of influential figures on social networks, most of them supporters of the former president far-right Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022).
The latter was declared ineligible in June 2023 by the TSE chaired by Alexandre de Moraes, accused of having spread false information about the Brazilian electoral system.
Bolsonaro is also being investigated for an “attempted coup” to avoid his electoral defeat by the current leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in October 2022 after the invasion of a crowd of his supporters to the headquarters of the three powers. , in Brasilia.
Source: Ambito
