Pro-Lula militants remain mobilized and target STF and Congress
Lula's base's digital mobilization targets STF and Congress. Learn from Gazeta do Povo how specialists evaluate the weight and limits of pressure.
TL;DR
- President Lula publicly expressed opposition to online betting ('bets') ahead of an STF hearing.
- The 'Exército do Lula' WhatsApp channel, run by André Janones, urged followers to use the hashtag #BetsNuncaMais.
- The group also mobilized for the approval of the Public Security PEC in the Senate.
- Janones praised the mobilization, noting followers' decreasing need for specific instructions.
- The hashtag #ComLulaNãoTemBets trended on X during the STF hearing.
- Experts Fábio Malini and Marcelo Vitorino discussed the impact and limitations of digital mobilization.
- Malini believes digital pressure can affect fragile institutions like the STF, while Vitorino considers engagement numbers modest for the channel's size.
- Both experts agree that street-level, large-scale actions have a more significant impact on Congress than digital pressure alone.