The Attorney General of Brazil also denounced the former Minister and General Walter Braga Netto and another 32 people for their alleged participation in the Assault on the three powers of Brasilia which occurred on January 8, 2023.
According to the prosecutor, Bolsonaro was aim prevent the assumption of president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The Brazilian ex -president would have committed the crimes of armed criminal organization, coup d’etat, tentative of abolition of the democratic state of law, damages qualified by violence and deterioration of cataloged assets.
The accusation of the Brazil Prosecutor’s Office against Jair Bolsonaro
“The organization had how leaders to the then President of the Republic (Jair Bolsonaro) and his candidate for vice president (Walter Braga Netto) “, The prosecution reported in a statement in which they were accused “of incite and execute Acts contrary to the three powers and the democratic state of law. ”
In this way, Bolsonaro is the First former president of Brazil accused by the Attorney General of commanding a coup d’etata complaint that must be evaluated by the Supreme Federal Court, the highest court of the country, which already condemned almost 400 people for the events of January 2023.
In the event that the Court accepts the complaint, the prosecution stage that You can end in the ex -president’s prison.
The arrest of Walter Braga Netto for suspicion of judicial obstruction
At the end of last year, retired general Braga Netto was arrested under suspicion of obstruction to justice in investigation into an alleged coup attempt. The arrest, carried out by the Federal Police, took place at the military residence in Rio de Janeiro.
Braga Netto was made available to the military command of the East of the Army. Although the police did not officially reveal their identity in the statement issued, it was reported that the arrest was ordered by the Supreme Court as part of an ongoing operation against those who would have tried to prevent the investiture of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on January 1. of 2023.
The former minister is indicated as One of the main architects of an alleged plot to hinder the transition of power to the current president Lula. According to research, Braga Netto would have collaborated with Bolsonaro in planning of acts destined to interrupt the democratic process.
Among the most alarming revelations, the Federal Police suggests that the airplanes included the possible execution of an attack against Da Silva himself, his vice president Geraldo Alckminand the judge Alexandre de Moraesthen president of the Superior Electoral Court and current rapporteur of the cause.
Source: Ambito
