Despite the efforts of supporters of the pro-democracy manifestos to classify them as non-partisan, in the opinion of businessman Flávio Rocha, from Riachuelo, the movement gained political connotation.
He states that the members of the IDV (Instituto para Desenvolvimento do Varejo), one of the largest associations representing the sector, support “the obvious, the total and absolute defense of democracy”.
“One became an anti-Bolsonarista libel. We didn’t sign it for the same reason that we wouldn’t sign an anti-PT libel, because we are an apolitical entity. And we think it’s redundant for an entity like the IDV to have to reiterate its unrestricted defense of democracy,” says Rocha. , who has been regarded as one of Bolsonaro’s businessmen since the beginning of the government.
Joana Wedge with Paulo Ricardo Martins and Diego Felix
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