Melo Antunes did as much as anybody to put an end to such manipulation by discreetly persuading fellow officers, some of whom were reluctant to listen, that they would lose all credibility unless they eventually ceded power to fairly and freely elected politicians.
That is to say that, given the fact that we are losing arms, legs and in general the perception of our body, we have to lose also our human capability to look, listen and ask the world questions.