The right-wing in Brazil is in conflict. Groups linked to President Jair Bolsonaro began to criticize right-wing political commentators who, in turn, criticized the current government.
Political commentator Reinaldo Azevedo, who was a fervent critic of the center-left government of the Workers' Party (PT), criticized very strongly the disorganization of the government of Jair Bolsonaro, especially as regards the lack of ability of political negotiation of the current president.
Azevedo, who calls himself a liberal critic of the current administration, began acting along with the Intercept Brasil website in the publication of reports about the performance of the current Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro when he was the judge responsible for the trial of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
According to Azevedo, "if there is a law, Lula's conviction is null," because, after the leaks made by The Intercept Brazil had shown, Moro would not have respected "due process of law."
These criticisms of Azevedo led Bolsonaro's most loyal voters to treat the commentator as an adversary.
The same happened with the political commentator Marco Antônio Villa, who worked on the Jovem Pan radio. Jovem Pan commentators criticized the Workers Party government very much. Villa was one of the most emphatic critics.
With the arrival of Bolsonaro to power, Villa, who is a historian and university professor, started to criticize the government a lot, especially in relation to the confusion that took care of the Ministry of Education.
The radio finally fired Villa. Many have seen the dismissal as a pursuit of the radio to the government critic since the radio editorially can be placed on the right-wing of Brazilian media.
Now, another important Brazilian radio, Bandeirantes, the same one in which Azevedo works, decides to hire Villa. This prompted Bolsonaro's supporters to launch the hashtag #BandLixo (something like "Band Garbage" in English).
Both Villa and Azevedo are part of the commentators of the Brazilian political right.
Now, another important Brazilian radio, Bandeirantes, the same one in which Azevedo works, decides to hire Villa. This prompted Bolsonaro's supporters to launch the hashtag #BandLixo.
Both Villa and Azevedo are part of the commentators of the Brazilian political right. Government supporters have used the hashtag #BandLixo to disagree with Villa's comments made on his first day as a political commentator on the radio's morning news program. They also criticize Fabio Pannunzio, a journalist for the radio station, who called the pro-Bolsonaro Brazilian right-wing supporters "Nazis".
