Jair Bolsonaro’s defense announced that will appeal to the sentence at 27 years and three months of imprisonment imposed by the Supreme Court of Brazil. Their lawyers seek to go through all the ways, even those of international organizations.
The ex -president sentence blames him for Lead a coup plot to stay in power after the 2022 electionswho found Lula’s winner.
His lawyers anticipated that they will exhaust all the ways, including international organizations, and assured that they prepare An appeal against the Court Resolution.
The defense of Jair Bolsonaro will appeal the conviction and take the case before international instances
According to the statement issued by its defenders Celso Viedi and Paulo da Cunha Buenothe judgment of the First Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court is unacceptable.
“The former president’s defense (…) respects the decision (…). However, he cannot stop expressing his deep disagreement and outrage with the terms of the majority decision”, Also expressed. They described the penalties as “Absurdly excessive and disproportionate” And they affirmed: “We will analyze the sentence to present an appeal.”
The Supreme decision occurred with four votes in favor of the conviction and one against of acquittal. The judges argued that Bolsonaro promoted a strategy to ignore the electoral results and stimulate actions aimed at an institutional subversion, which culminated in the invasion and vandalization of the buildings of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial January 8, 2023 in Brasilia.
In defense of his client, Vilardi and Da Cunha Bueno argued that “Bolsonaro did not attempt against democracy “nor participated in any relative plan on that occasion; They argued that the judicial process did not allow them to study and refute the evidence in detail.
“We express our discontent for the lack of time to analyze the evidence that weighed against our client, which limited our performance.”they said in the brief.
Bolsonaro, from 70 yearsyou can request that the penalty be fulfilled under regime Home prison Due to your health status. From the former president’s environment, the strategy aims to reverse the sentence in higher instances or in international forums, in search of a comprehensive review of the trial.
The argument of the defenders relies on the innocence of Bolsonaro, the alleged lack of procedural guarantees and the excess in the duration of the conviction. The possibility of appealing to foreign cuts marks a path that has not been explored in recent background for former Brazilian leaders.
With the presentation of the appeal, the case will continue its course in the judicial system and – eventually – before international organizations. The outcome remains open, while the defense insists on its position and the former president faces an unprecedented conviction in Brazil.
Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison by the Supreme Federal Court
The Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced this Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison for trying to give a coup against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after the presidential elections of 2022.
By Four votes to onefive judges sentenced the leader of the right and ultra -right of Brazil. The definitive vote was cast by Cristiano ZaninPresident of the First Chamber and former Lawyer of Lula.
Zanin stressed that “the evidence allows us to conclude that the defendants intended to break the democratic state of law”, and with this the majority of four to one were consolidated that condemned Bolsonaro and seven other people, including former ministers and former leaders of the Armed Forces.
Source: Ambito
