Jair Bolsonaroformer president of Brazilhe called on his followers to defend in the streets through an event that will take place on Sunday, February 25 on Paulista Avenue, the main avenue in San Pablo. The politician is being investigated for preparing a coup d’état towards the end of his presidency, in order to remain in power.
Bolsonaro pointed out that The event will be ”peaceful”and also added: “I want to defend myself against all the accusations that have been made against me in recent months.”
This fact marks the first time that the former president speaks out in response to the Investigation of the Supreme Federal Court against a conspiracy that emerged in 2022during his administration, to try to carry out a coup d’état and ignore the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the elections of that year.
“On the last Sunday of February, the 25th, at 3 p.m., I will be on Paulista (Avenue) in a peaceful act in defense of our democratic State of Law,” said the former president (2019-2022) in a video message released on their social networks..
Last Thursday, Supreme Judge Alexandre de Moraes decided confiscate Bolsonaro’s passportin the framework of the case where two soldiers and the former advisor for international affairs of the presidency and Trumpist, Filipe Martins, are detained. The magistrate also ordered 34 raids on the homes of former heads of the Armed Forces and former ministers of the Bolsonaro administration.
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The former far-right president, disabled until 2030 by order of Justice for having falsely questioned the Brazilian voting system before foreign authorities, asked that the march not be “against anyone” but He requested that his followers dress in green and yellow, the national colors.
In the video, in which he calls for the February 25 demonstration, Bolsonaro appears dressed in a national soccer team shirt. During it, he said that the world should know the opinion of the political sector about him, and He closed his message with the phrase “God, country, family and freedom.”
They arrested a colonel suspected of planning a coup against Lula
A colonel of the Army of Brazil was arrested in Brasilia under the suspected of having organized a military meeting with the aim of preparing a coup d’état that prevented the inauguration of the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, just over a year ago. Days ago, Justice released a video of Jair Bolsonaro about his alleged participation in the coup attempt.
The colonel Bernardo Romao Correa Netto He was apprehended by members of the Federal police upon returning from Washington, where he had traveled on Thursday to participate in a Inter-American Defense College coursereported the television station O Globo.
Belt is suspected of having organized on November 28, 2022 a meeting of Army Special Forces officers to plan a coupa month after the runoff that consecrated Lula, who then had not yet taken office.
Source: Ambito
