Esta é sempre a decisão dos governos fascistas: criam tribunais de "justiça especial" para destruir os que ousam lutar pela democracia e liberdade. Assim foi na Alemanha de Hitler, assim foi na França de Vichy, assim foi nas ditaduras de Franco, de Salazar, e em outras ditaduras sangrentas do século vinte. Com uma diferença para nós: no Brasil, a suposta esquerda denunciava as ditaduras no poder, porque os esquerdistas não estavam no comando. Agora, na Venezuela e no Brasil, ela apoia tais ditaduras e chega ao escárnio de comparar seus procedimentos a jogos de futebol. Até onde leva o maquiavelismo de sarjeta...RR
Na sala de cinema do Palácio do Planalto, para variar, seria importante que o filme de Costa Gavras fosse exibido. Talvez o indivíduo que liderou a exquerda durante 20 anos se recorde das lutas que o levaram ao poder. Talvez ele ache uma desculpa, como ao abençoar os "aloprados". Mas sempre resta a esperança de que alguns, na platéia, aproveitem a lição e notem que fazem exatamente o que fizeram os cúmplices do regime de Vichy.
Iran Establishes Special Court to Try Protesters
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Discussion PolicyTuesday, June 23, 2009; 1:14 PM
TEHRAN, June 23 -- Iranian authorities Tuesday announced the establishment of a special court to try detained protesters and formally rejected opposition demands to annul the disputed June 12 presidential election, instead setting a time frame for the inauguration of the proclaimed winner, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In Washington, President Obama warned the Iranian government against repression of peaceful dissent in his strongest language to date.
He told a news conference, "Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history." The Iranian people have a "universal right" to freedom of assembly and speech, he said. He called on Tehran to respect those rights and said it "must govern through consent, ot coercion."
Obama said the electoral fraud claimed by the opposition was "not an isolated instance" or a case of "a little grumbling here or there." Instead, he said, "there is significant question about the legitimacy of the election." He added: "So, ultimately, the most important thing for the Iranian government to consider is its legitimacy in the eyes of its own people, not in the eyes of the United States."
He reiterated that the United States would not meddle in Iranian affairs but said it would stress "unequivocally" the need to adhere to international norms and principles about the use of violence in dealing with peaceful dissent.
"I think it's not too late for the Iranian government to recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and legitimacy," Obama said.
On a day of relative calm after security forces broke up the latest protests Monday, the government vowed to make an example of detained "rioters" and teach them a lesson. Hundreds of Iranians have been arrested in the past 10 days since the Interior Ministry declared Ahmadinejad the landslide winner in his reelection bid, saying he outpolled his nearest rival, former prime minister Mir Hossein Mousavi, by nearly two to one. Mousavi has charged that massive electoral fraud cheated him of victory and has vowed to continue protesting despite a government ban on demonstrations and a public warning from Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Truckloads of police in riot gear deployed at Tehran's main squares Tuesday to prevent a recurrence of the protests, and there were no signs of any significant opposition gatherings.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted a senior judiciary official as saying Tuesday that a special court has been set up to try detained protesters. Iran's judiciary is controlled by the country's ruling Shiite Muslim clerics.
"Those arrested in recent events will be dealt with in a way that will teach them a lesson," the official, Ibrahim Raisi, was quoted as saying. "The rioters should be dealt with in an exemplary way, and the judiciary will do that."
State-run Iranian radio has reported that more than 450 people were detained in clashes with security forces around Tehran's Azadi Square Saturday, when 10 people were killed and at least 100 wounded. In addition, the Paris-based group, Reporters Without Borders, has reported that 34 journalists have been detained since the protests began.
Iran's Guardian Council, meanwhile, formally ruled out the possibility of meeting opposition demands by holding a new election, despite what it acknowledged were irregularities. The council, which is responsible for confirming election results and vetting candidates, said the irregularities were not sufficient to change the results.
"Fortunately, in the recent presidential election we found no [evidence] of major fraud or breach in the election," council spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodai said, according to the state-run Press TV. "Therefore, there is no possibility of an annulment taking place."
The council has agreed to a random recount of 10 percent of the ballots, but that attempt to assuage the opposition has been rejected by Mousavi and another opposition candidate, Mehdi Karroubi.
A parliamentary board Tuesday announced that Ahmadinejad would be sworn in before parliament for his second term between July 26 and Aug. 19. Lawmakers will also review credentials of cabinet ministers during that period, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.