The former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro will be questioned next week at the trial for alleged coupling attempt against the current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The novelty was announced Monday by the judge of the Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes.
In last February, the Attorney General of Brazil formally accused Bolsonaro of having led the assault attempt to the Plaza de los Tres Powers in Brasilia that took place on January 8, 2023. The former Minister and General Walter Braga Netto and another 32 people for their alleged participation were also denounced.
The 70 -year -old ex -president who ruled Brazil From 2019 to 2022, he is accused with the six other collaborators of commanding a conspiracy to Avoid the assumption of the Legal Party leader (PT) with the aim of staying in power.
“I set the interrogation of the defendants in a face -to -face session (…) on June 9”which can be extended until the 13th, said Moraes magistrate, at the end of two weeks of witnesses cited by the Prosecutor’s Office and the defenses.
Jair Bolsonaro’s trial for the attempted coup d’etat divides waters in Brazil
According to current legislation, Bolsonaro It is exposed to a penalty of about 40 years in jail. Despite being disabled until 2030 for questioning the voting system without evidence, it remains the most popular right on the right in Brazil.
His prosecution generated a flood of criticism against the Supreme Court. The former president claims to be innocent and It is said “persecuted” by Moraes However, the evidence against him accumulates.
In the interrogations that start next Monday, Bolsonaro will cross with Mauro Cid, Who was his right hand as president and is now accused “collaborator” of the Prosecutor’s Office in the process. Cid and six other coacked will declare in addition to Bolsonaro.
During the hearings of the last two weeks, two former armed forces confirmed the thesis presented by the Prosecutor’s Office: Bolsonaro He presented them a plan to prevent Lula Da Silva from assuming after winning the elections in October 2022.
The coup did not happen because the then commanders of the Army and the Aeronautics refused to participateaccording to your own statements. The interrogation should also lead to expected face to face between Bolsonaro and Moraes, considered a political enemy for Bolsonarism.
Source: Ambito
