It started in Brazil The trial against the former president Jair Bolsonaroaccused of having led a “Criminal Organization” to ignore the results of the October 2022 elections and prevent the assumption of the leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. On the first day of the process that takes place in the Supreme Court From Brasilia, his former right and coackedian said that the ex -president “adjusted” a plan to perform a coup d’etat and carry out new elections.
Bolsonaro and seven of his former collaborators could receive sentences of 40 years in prison for attempted violent abolition of Democratic state of Right and coup d’etat. The alleged plan would have failed due to lack of support from military commanders. The judge of the case, Alexandre de Moraescalled the former president of “dictator.”
The first to declare in this trial was Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cidexo -collaborator of Bolsonaro, who ratified that there is a document to activate a “state of site” and “rebuild the elections” of 2022.
In turn, he said that the document provided “prison of authorities” and the creation of an “electoral council” to return to the elections that had Lula as winner. CID signed a award -winning collaboration agreement and said Bolsonaro effectively read this plan.
In addition, he told the judge that he had “adjusted” the project so that only he would be imprisoned. After this statement, Bolsonaro Río and the magistrate responded by joking that the other authorities would have benefited from a “habeas corpus”.
The coup plan even contemplated The murder of Lula and Judge Moraesaccording to the Prosecutor’s Office.
The first hearing ended after Cid’s statement and the former president answers questions tomorrow.
While he has the right to remain silent, last week he said that he will answer “without any problem” the questions of the court “Without challenging anyone.” The ultra -right leader denies all the accusations against him and argues that he will continue with his political career. Despite being disabled until 2030 for questioning the voting system without evidence, it remains the most popular right on the right in Brazil.
“It is an excellent idea that we talk live about coup d’etat, I am very happy to have the opportunity to clarify what happened, ”he said.
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.
The trial against Jair Bolsonaro
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.
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.
The accusations against the ex -president arise from a police investigation that began two years ago and involves 33 people, including high military commanders. They are charged with the commission of five crimes, including the violent attempt to overthrow the rule of law, conspiracy for a coup d’etat and damage to governmental assets.
The Court will also analyze this week the accusations against its former Minister of Justice, Anderson Torres, the former Minister of Defense, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, and the former head of Cabinet, Walter Braga Netto, who was also his formula partner in the 2022 elections.
Source: Ambito
