Operação Lava Jato: ideologia, narrativa e (re)articulação da hegemonia

Bello, Enzo; Capela, Gustavo Moreira; Keller, Rene José

doi:10.1590/2179-8966/2020/53884

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“…However, by promoting demonstrations against the Dilma Roussef government and the Workers' Party, it is now treated as right-wing, defending conservative agendas (Oliveira and Machado 2019). Demonstrations organized by the MBL that happened all over Brazil raise a loud voice against the construction of new stadiums for the 2014 World Cup, wanted the end of some legal privileges granted to political actors, the end of police violence and police reforms, the end of corruption and impunity, and social reforms (Bello et al 2021).…”

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Weakening constitutional rules through anti-corruption and impunity discourses: Analyzing the impact of the “Operação Lava-jato” (Car Wash Operation) on the presumption of innocence in Brazil

Neto,

Santiago

2024

Oñati Socio-Legal Series

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We use a sociolegal perspective to critically analyze how narratives supporting the need to reduce and punish corruption in Brazil, particularly the ones deployed in the course of the Car Wash Operation (CWO), influenced the weakening of the presumption of innocence rule. Originally deployed to investigate a criminal organization using a network of gas stations and car wash companies to “clean” illicit resources, the CWO was rapidly transformed in a major law enforcement operation, and it was used to unravel endemic corruption found in private and state-owned companies. Using a variety of communication resources, the Prosecutor office in charge of the operation developed a set of strategic tactics to promote the discourse that the rule of presumption of innocence was one of the main motives behind the high levels of corruption and impunity in Brazil. This narrative influenced the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court during the judgment of the case involving Brazilian former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The social pressure caused by the use of strategic communication tools were crucial to lead the court to overrule the meaning of presumption of innocence. The paper examines how these tools were able to promote social traction and how they can be used to influence and shape the meaning and effectiveness of legal rules. Utilizamos una perspectiva socio-jurídica para analizar críticamente cómo las narrativas que respaldan la necesidad de reducir y castigar la corrupción en Brasil, especialmente las desplegadas en el curso de la “Operação Lava Jato” (LJ – Operación Autolavado), influyeron en el debilitamiento de la presunción de inocencia. Originalmente implementada para investigar a una organización criminal que utilizaba una red de estaciones de servicio y empresas de lavado de autos para el lavado de dinero, LJ se transformó rápidamente en una importante operación de aplicación de la ley y se utilizó para desentrañar la corrupción endémica en empresas privadas y estatales. Utilizando diversos recursos de comunicación, la Fiscalía Federal a cargo de la operación desarrolló un conjunto de tácticas estratégicas para promover el discurso de que la presunción de inocencia era uno de los principales motivos detrás de los altos niveles de corrupción e impunidad en Brasil. Esta narrativa, por ejemplo, influyó en el Tribunal Supremo Federal (STF) de Brasil durante el juicio del caso que involucra al expresidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. La presión social causada por el uso de herramientas estratégicas de comunicación fue crucial para llevar al tribunal a revocar el significado de la presunción de inocencia. El artículo examina cómo estas herramientas pudieron generar tracción social y cómo pueden utilizarse para influir y dar forma al significado y la efectividad de las normas legales.

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Section: The Rise Of the Lj Operationmentioning

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Weakening constitutional rules through anti-corruption and impunity discourses: Analyzing the impact of the “Operação Lava-jato” (Car Wash Operation) on the presumption of innocence in Brazil

Neto,

Santiago

2024

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“…Yet over time, its methods, outcomes, and legacy became more controversial. Moro and the prosecutors were accused of undue interference in Brazilian politics and of bias against the left and the PT (Anderson, 2019; Bello et al, 2020; Evans, 2018; Mészáros, 2020). Two events threw fuel on this bonfire.…”

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“…Of course, this is disputed. Other authors who examine the discourses advanced by media outlets and LJ legal officers during the operation argue that the messages were of different kinds, construing corruption as a left‐wing problem (Bello et al, 2020; Damgaard, 2019) or supporting illiberal ideas that became central to Bolsonaro's rise and rule (Carvalho & Palma, 2020; de Sa e Silva, 2020a).…”

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“…To some, it started a new chapter in Brazil, with greater respect for the rule of law and a collective state of mind concerned with ending impunity and building integrity in politics and business (Bullock & Stephenson, 2020). To others, it undermined democracy and the rule of law, paving the way for an autocratic leader—Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (Anderson, 2019; Bello et al, 2020; Carvalho & Palma, 2020; de Sa e Silva, 2020a; Evans, 2018; Mészáros, 2020).…”

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Relational legal consciousness and anticorruption: Lava Jato, social media interactions, and the co-production of law's detraction in Brazil (2017–2019)

Silva

2022

Law Soc Rev

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Starting in 2014, Brazilian politics was shaken up by the lava jato (LJ) operation, a law‐centered anticorruption initiative. LJ unveiled a large corruption scheme in Brazil's national oil company Petrobras, which involved Petrobras directors, political party officials, and large construction companies. LJ was both disruptive and contentious. To some, it started a new chapter in Brazilian history, marked by greater respect for the “rule of law” and a collective “state of mind” concerned with “ending impunity” and building integrity in politics and businesses. To others, it contributed to undermining democracy and the rule of law, paving the way for an autocratic leader—the current Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. This article sheds further light on those discussions by looking at LJ as a site of “legal consciousness” production. Empirically, the article focuses on conversations generated by lead LJ prosecutors on a major social media platform (Facebook) from 2017 to 2019. Considering this body of data, the article addresses the question: “When prosecutors and ‘the people’ talked about LJ, what did they talk about?” My findings support the more skeptical views of the operation. The exchanges between LJ prosecutors and their Facebook followers supported the co‐production of a cultural schema averse to the “rule of law.” These findings have implications for both legal consciousness and anticorruption research.

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“…Recentemente, muitas condenações da Operação foram anuladas pelo Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF). Para mais detalhes sobre a dimensão da narrativa e o enredo de constituição dos heróis e vilões, verBello, Capela & Keller (2021).…”

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Operação Lava Jato: ideologia, narrativa e (re)articulação da hegemonia

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Weakening constitutional rules through anti-corruption and impunity discourses: Analyzing the impact of the “Operação Lava-jato” (Car Wash Operation) on the presumption of innocence in Brazil

Weakening constitutional rules through anti-corruption and impunity discourses: Analyzing the impact of the “Operação Lava-jato” (Car Wash Operation) on the presumption of innocence in Brazil

Relational legal consciousness and anticorruption: Lava Jato, social media interactions, and the co-production of law's detraction in Brazil (2017–2019)

Nos limiares do(a) político(a): (des/re)construindo trajetórias e narrativas de jovens ativistas das Direitas Radicais no Brasil e na Alemanha

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