A characteristic of fundamentalism that now dominates the Brazilian political life is “lulopetismo” that now involves some intellectuals, urban and rural proletariat and the lumpenproletariat many of which carry commissioned positions in Dilma Rousseff government. The “lulopetismo” has Lula as greatest leader, his followers are connected to PT (Workers´Party) and allied parties and integrate trade unions and civil society organizations. The “lulopetistas” are fundamentalists because they are blind to corruption, the serious administrative and financial irregularities and political errors committed by PT governments of Lula and Dilma Rousseff and many of its members. A feature common to fundamentalists is that they are intolerant to the extreme. Intolerance is a term that describes the mental attitude characterized by unwillingness to recognize and respect differences or religious beliefs, political or any third party nature by fundamentalists. If political intolerance prevail between supporters and opponents of PT and the Dilma Rousseff government, Brazil will move swiftly into a state of civil war. This scenario may occur either with the impeachment or the permanence of Dilma Rousseff in power.

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THE “LULOPETISTA” FUNDAMENTALISM AND RISK OF POLITICAL
BACKSPACE IN BRAZIL
Fernando Alcoforado *
Fundamentalism is the term originally to refer to the belief in the literal interpretation of
the sacred books such as the Bible in the Catholic Church and the Koran in Islam.
Fundamentalists are among the religious those who preach the dogmas of their sacred
books are followed to the letter. Religious fundamentalism is a movement that also aims
to back those who are considered fundamental principles of religion. The
Fundamentalist believes in its dogmas as absolute, indisputable truth, not open, so the
dialogue. Fundamentalism, therefore, is a movement that aims to return to what are
considered fundamental principles at the foundation of a certain group.
The term "fundamentalism" does not only apply to religion. It is applied to the economy
as occurred with the "free market fundamentalism" that fanatically supports the opening
and deregulation of markets, and the non-interference of the State in economic activity.
The "free market fundamentalism" has existed mainly from the 1990s with the
introduction of the neoliberal model in most economies of the capitalist world. In turn,
the "fundamentalist" applied to politics means the adoption of irrational and
exaggerated form of a belief, a dogmatic position or fanatical for certain opinions, for
example, the belief that Marxism, Leninism or Maoism they are the true road to
construction of a socialist society.
Another example of fundamentalism was what prevailed during the Nazi regime in
Hitler Germany in which the foundations of Nazism were considered incontrovertible
truths. Both fundamentalist supporters of socialism and Nazism are reactive to dialogue
with those who do not think like them. Another feature of fundamentalism that now
dominates the Brazilian political life is “lulopetismo” that now involves some
intellectuals, urban and rural proletariat and the lumpenproletariat many of which carry
commissioned positions in Dilma Rousseff government. The “lulopetismo” has ex-
President Lula as greatest leader, his followers are connected to PT (Workers´Party) and
allied parties and integrate trade unions and civil society organizations. The
“lulopetismo” fans are fundamentalists because they are blind to corruption, the serious
administrative and financial irregularities and political errors committed by PT
governments of Lula and Dilma Rousseff and many of its members.
A feature common to fundamentalists is that they are intolerant to the extreme.
Intolerance is a term that describes the mental attitude characterized by unwillingness to
recognize and respect differences or religious, political or any kind of third parties by
fundamentalists. Intolerance can be religious, ideological or political wherein all three
have been common throughout history. An example of religious intolerance in
Antiquity is the persecution of early Christians by Jews and pagans. The Jews have
become the preferred target of religious persecution before the end of the Roman
Empire, but this persecution intensified during the Middle Ages. In the Middle Ages,
the Catholic Church led to the fire of the Inquisition those who did not profess the truth
imposed by her. The political persecution reached levels never seen before in human
history during the twentieth century, when the Nazis persecuted with the use of violence
million of Jews, Communists and Gypsies and other unwanted ethnic groups by the
regime and the fascist regimes and socialist persecuted all those who opposed to their
interests. The police state has been structured into various totalitarian countries driven

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by political and ideological fundamentalism towards the use of violence to silence,
arrest and even murder their opponents.
For Marcus Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator and politician, violence meant the
death of politics and the collapse of any possibility of public spirit. Not only the central
political bodies, but in society as a whole [CICERO, Marco Túlio. As Catilinárias (The
Orations). São Paulo: Editora Martin Claret, 2006]. In Brazil, there has been an
atmosphere of violence announced by several segments supporting PT and the Dilma
Rousseff government that are threatened to be removed from power as was the case of
ex- Presidsent Lula when he made reference to the use of the "army of landless
workers" of Stedile of the MST (Movement of Landless Workers), the president of the
CUT (Central Single of Workers), Wagner Freitas, who spoke on take up arms to
defend the Dilma Rousseff government, the Stedile leader of the MST who threatened
to quit the country and the president of CONTAG (Confederation of Workers in
Agriculture), Alberto Broch, who threatened to invade properties in the country if occur
the impeachment of Rousseff. Violence announced by Dilma Rousseff government
supporters is already materializing in the streets in several demonstrations against the
impeachment of Rousseff. As Cicero, the violence that will likely increase in Brazil
could mean the death of politics because of intolerance and political fundamentalism by
“lulopetismo” that supports the Dilma Rousseff government.
In 42 BC, the Roman Republic fell apart in civil wars. If political intolerance prevails
between supporters and opponents of the PT and the Dilma Rousseff government,
Brazil will move swiftly into a state of civil war. This scenario may occur either with
the impeachment or the permanence of Dilma Rousseff in power. If there is the
impeachment of Rousseff, the “lulopetistas” attempt to derail the government of her
substitute, Vice President Michel Temer, holding of general strike, interdiction of roads
and occupation of farms and if Dilma Rousseff to remain in power it will not be able to
rule because she has the rejection of 70% of the House of Representatives and 80% of
the country's population whose economy will be taken to the inevitable collapse. In the
Roman Empire, the domain of force was the final solution and the death of politics, in
the words of Cicero. The Brazil of today resembles a boiling Rome. In Rome, the rule
of law has given way to the rule of force and politics died with this fratricidal struggle
for power. In Brazil, we find ourselves now facing the challenge of preventing that
prevail conspiracies and misfortune in progress.
Given the infeasibility of Dilma Rousseff to stay in power as his replacement, Vice-
President Michel Temer, both would render great service to the nation with resignation,
respectively, to the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the Republic. 60% of the
population supports the resignation of both, according to research of Data Folha held on
10.04.2016. This resignation should be the result of a political, economic and social pact
between all political forces interested in the construction of social peace in Brazil.
Without the construction of a political, economic and social pact between all political
forces interested in social peace in Brazil, the scenario that shows for the future is the
intensification of conflicts between supporters and opponents of PT and the current
government feeding the dissension between the political forces that oppose each other.
After the resignation of Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer, it is necessary that the
political forces interested in social peace in Brazil constitute a provisional government
composed of the most high-profile personalities with certain duration to reorder the
national life, seek the country's consensus in resolving the economic and social crisis,

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prevent the escalation of violence in Brazil and hold new general elections in the
country. Before the calling of new presidential elections, there must be a political-
institutional reorganization effort in the country that is absolutely necessary to reverse
the ongoing collapse Brazil's political system that would require the adoption of the
following measures: 1) Call a new Constituent Assembly Exclusive to promote Policy,
the State and Public Administration reforms on a new basis; 2) Banning of political
parties and parliamentarians committed to corruption; 3) formation of new political
parties after the new Constituent; and, 4) Call for new general elections in the country.
The convening of a Constituent Assembly Exclusive is absolutely necessary because
Brazil is faced with a flagrant demoralization of its political institutions, considering
that we have a presidentialism of coalition of parties moved by the corruption that has
existed from the Constituent Assembly of 1988 and proves to be unable to resolve the
serious political crisis that lives the country at the time.
* Fernando Alcoforado, member of the Bahia Academy of Education, engineer and doctor of Territorial
Planning and Regional Development from the University of Barcelona, a university professor and
consultant in strategic planning, business planning, regional planning and planning of energy systems, is
the author of Globalização (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 1997), De Collor a FHC- O Brasil e a Nova
(Des)ordem Mundial (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 1998), Um Projeto para o Brasil (Editora Nobel, São
Paulo, 2000), Os condicionantes do desenvolvimento do Estado da Bahia (Tese de doutorado.
Universidade de Barcelona, http://www.tesisenred.net/handle/10803/1944, 2003), Globalização e
Desenvolvimento (Editora Nobel, São Paulo, 2006), Bahia- Desenvolvimento do Século XVI ao Século XX
e Objetivos Estratégicos na Era Contemporânea (EGBA, Salvador, 2008), The Necessary Conditions of
the Economic and Social Development-The Case of the State of Bahia (VDM Verlag Dr. Muller
Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2010), Aquecimento Global e Catástrofe
Planetária (P&A Gráfica e Editora, Salvador, 2010), Amazônia Sustentável- Para o progresso do Brasil e
combate ao aquecimento global (Viena- Editora e Gráfica, Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, 2011),
Os Fatores Condicionantes do Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (Editora CRV, Curitiba, 2012) and
Energia no Mundo e no Brasil- Energia e Mudança Climática Catastrófica no Século XXI (Editora CRV,
Curitiba, 2015).