The former president said that he never seriously considered taking refuge in Argentina and that there was no “breach of any precautionary measure imposed.”
The lawyers of the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro expressed “surprise” after the decision of the Brazilian Federal Police of formally accusing it of obstruction of justice, less than two weeks after the verdict and sentence phase of his judgment for an alleged coup plot.
Bolsonaro would face a new trial if the attorney general decides to advance with the charges. The investigation revealed on Wednesday showed that the former president considered requesting political asylum in Argentina In 2023 and that he had communications with allies in recent weeks, despite the restrictions that force him to be under house arrest.
The judge Alexandre de Moraeswho supervises the case, notified the defense that he had 48 hours to explain the breaches of the measures imposed. Bolsonaro’s lawyers rejected the accusations: “There was never breach of any precautionary measure previously imposed,” they said in a statement.
The lawyer Paulo Cunha Bueno He held in TV Globonews That Bolsonaro never seriously considered taking refuge in Argentina. “Someone sent him that asylum application in February 2024. He could have gone, but he did not. He had all the conditions to flee and did not,” he said.
According to documents of the Federal PoliceBolsonaro wrote a letter addressed to Javier Milei: “I, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, request political asylum to his excellence in the Republic of Argentina, under an urgent regime, since I find myself in a situation of political persecution in Brazil and I fear for my life.”
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil confiscated his passport on February 8, 2024 and rejected his orders to recover it, considering it a Risk of leakage.
The Supreme Court confirmed when the verdict of the trial against Jair Bolsonaro will be known
In parallel, the Supreme Court It will fail between September 2 and 12 at the trial against former president Jair Bolsonaro, accused of trying to stop the assumption of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in January 2023.
The hearings were scheduled by the president of the First section of the Supreme Court, Cristiano Zanin. The cause could lead to a sentence of up to 40 years in prison.
In addition, others will be judged Seven defendantsindicated as part of the “Central nucleus” of the plot. All face charges for the crimes of coup d’etat, attempt to Abolition of the Democratic State of Law, Armed Association and Public heritage deterioration.
Source: Ambito
