Within the framework of the final allegations in the trial against the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonarothe Prosecutor’s Office asked that the ultra -right leader be convicted of the crimes of coup d’etatcriminal organization navy, attempted violent abolition of State Democratic Law, qualified damage for serious violence or threat and deterioration of protected heritage. In this way, the ex -president and the other seven defendants in the case could face penalties that They range between 12 and 40 years in prison.
The investigation focuses on the alleged attempted coup of State against the current president Lula da Silva on January 8, 2023days after his assumption. The rest of those involved in the Case are some of its former high -ranking ministers and military.
Brazil attorney general, Paulo Gonetsaid there are “a Wide test set“, which includes manuscripts, digital archives, exchange of messages and forms, which reveal” the conspiracy plot against democratic institutions. “
In this way, the Prosecutor’s Office pointed out in a note that the defendants were part of a “criminal organization“which sought” to prevent the functioning of powers and overthrow a Government legitimately electedin addition to the destruction of public buildings. “
Jair Bolsonaro clarified that he does not plan to leave Brazil
While waiting for the verdict of the Justice, Bolsonaro He denied his guilt and all the accusations of the Prosecutor’s Office and clarified that he does not plan to leave the country before knowing the conviction.
During an interview with El Portal Power360, the former president said that “none of that happened” and that he always acted “within the four lines of the Constitution”, in front of the final allegation of the prosecution that It attributes five crimes with a penalty that can reach 40 years in prison.
As for the decree projects that considered to cancel the electoral results of 2022, the ex -president explained that he was looking for “alternatives to be able to question the Superior Electoral Court “after this institution would issue several resolutions against him.
In turn, he assured that It does not plan to leave Brazil to avoid going to prison for an eventual sentence becauseHe said, now He is 70 years old and health problems.
The attacks against the Public Institutions of Brazil of January 8
Prosecutor Gonet linked Bolsonaro and the rest of the defendants with the serious episodes of January 8, 2023. That day, a week after the assumption of Lula, thousands of ultra -right -wing supporters The Supreme, Congress and Presidency headquarters to force an intervention by the Armed Forces are vandalized.
Thus, the Attorney General concluded that the defendant eights orchestrated actions to guarantee their “authoritarian permanence in power through attempts to violate the democratic order.”
The court provides that the resolution of the trial can arrive between September and October.
In addition to the trial against these eight defendants, aimed like the leaders of the coup plot, Other thirty suspects are pending trial.
Source: Ambito
