The former president of Brazil is serving a sentence after being held responsible for leading a criminal organization to stay in power after losing the 2022 elections to Lula da Silva.
Five days after the ruling against him was officially published, the defense of the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal against the conviction of Supreme Federal Court (STF), who sentenced him to 27 years in prison for coup attempt.
In the appeal, the lawyers considered that the sentence was “unjust” and argued that No evidence was found linking the former president to the crimes for which he was accused. Furthermore, they added that the parameters used to determine the sentence were not correctly explained. Bolsonaro was held responsible for leading a criminal organization to stay in power after lose the 2022 elections to Lula da Silva.
The text presented by the defense is a “clarification resource“, which seeks to clarify any contradiction, omission or error in the ruling published last week. In the 80 pages of the document, They emphasize that there was not enough time to analyze the evidence in the case and that the defense was restricted.
On the other hand, they asked that the plea agreement of Mauro Cida former collaborator of Bolsonaro who agreed with Justice and gave key testimony for the process in exchange for a reduced sentence.
The former president’s lawyers emphasized that the ruling did not present evidence linking him to the coup plot. Finally, they request a review of the sentence and the parameters to determine the former president’s sentence.
The conviction against Jair Bolsonaro
The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for attempting to carry out a coup d’état against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after the 2022 presidential elections, as ruled by the First Chamber of the Supreme Federal Court (STF). By four votes to one, five judges sentenced the leader of Brazil’s right and far-right, accused of having led an armed criminal organization to remain in power after losing the elections to Lula.
The final vote was cast by Cristiano Zanin, president of the First Chamber and former Lula lawyer. Zanin highlighted that “the evidence allow us to conclude that the accused intended to break the democratic rule of law”, and with this the majority of four to one that convicted Bolsonaro and seven other peopleincluding former ministers and former heads of the Armed Forces.
Among them are: Alexandre Ramagemformer director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN); Almir Garnierformer Navy commander, with 24 years in prison; Anderson Torresformer Minister of Justice and former Secretary of Security of the Federal District, also 24 years old; Augustus Helenusformer minister of the Office of Institutional Security, 21 years old; Mauro Cidformer presidential advisor and whistleblower of the coup attempt; Paulo Sergio Nogueira, former Minister of Defense, aged 19; and Walter Souza Braga Nettoformer chief of the General Staff, with 26 years in prison. These sentences reflect the magnitude of the network of officials and collaborators who, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, participated in the planning and execution of the coup.
Source: Ambito
