Um “homem da revolução”: a atuação política de Ernani Sátyro como governador da Paraíba (1970-1975).

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the political performance of Ernani Sátyro as Governor of Paraíba between 1971-1975. To this end, we will resume events ranging from the participation of Ernani Sátyro in the political breakdown of 1964, through the support that he promoted to the state of exception designed in post-1964, to reach the process that granted him the position of Governor. In the analysis of Ernani Sátyro's mandate as Governor of Paraíba, we take into account two related aspects: the first, which points to his political participation in this period of the rise of the military-led repressive apparatus known as the “lead years”. and in what ways this authoritarian mold was implemented in Paraíba to curb manifestations of opposition to the dictatorship; and the second, it is about acting as a political agent linked to local socio-economic interests that sought to incorporate the benefits of the propagated “economic miracle”, but reflecting the limits, contradictions and impacts of this process that were imposed on the classes. workers. Therefore, we will work with some books that bring contents of the political biography of Ernani Sátyro, which contains the speeches given as federal deputy between 1961 and 1967, they are: “As if they were memories” (1985), “Tradition and Renewal” (1994) and the series “Parliamentary Profiles, Ernani Sátyro, No. 61” (2011). Another documentary contribution were the Paraiba newspapers that circulated in the period between 1970-1975: "Diary of Borborema", "A União", "Correio da Paraíba" and "O Norte" that make it possible to problematize the political steps of the Paraiban governor on several occasions. Finally, we will work with the final report of the State Commission of the State of Paraíba Truth and Preservation of Memory (CEVPM-PB) published in 2017, which brings cases of human rights violations that were committed during that period of office as governor. by Ernani Sátyro. From these objectives and sources, we will dialogue with concepts linked to the tradition of dialectical Historical Materialism as “bourgeois autocracy” (Florestan Fernandes) and “business-military coup” (René Armand Dreifuss).