The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaroinvestigated for allegedly participating in a coup plot against the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvaattributed the accusations brought against him by the Federal Police to the “creativity” of the judge of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes.
“Magistrate Alexandre de Moraes conducts the entire investigation, adjusts the testimonies, arrests without complaint, casts nets to fish for possible evidence and has quite creative advice”Bolsonaro said in a statement posted on his social networks.
The Brazilian Federal Police concluded an investigation that accuses the former far-right president and 36 others involved, including former ministers, advisors and high-ranking military personnel, of the crimes of “violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’état and illicit association.”
The investigation confirmed the existence of a “coordinated” plan to keep Bolsonaro in power after his defeat in the presidential elections. Among those involved, the authorities detained four soldiers and an agent of the Federal Police accused of devising a plan to assassinate Lulato the vice president Geraldo Alckmin and to the judge De Moraes.
According to the investigation, the objective was to eliminate Lula and Alckmin, and create a “crisis committee” led by military personnel close to Bolsonarousing poisoning as a method to carry out the assassination.
Bolsonaro He assured that he will review the accusations with his lawyer, although he expressed distrust of the team of investigators. “That will obviously go through the Attorney General’s Office, where the fight begins. “I can’t expect anything from a team that uses creativity to denounce me.”he noted in his statement.
The former president also made reference to a leaked message from an assistant judge of De Moraes to a prosecutor, which suggested “using creativity” to file a complaint against a pro-government magazine. Bolsonaro. “It is this same logic that they apply now against me”he denounced.
The report of the Federal Police will be analyzed by the Attorney General’s Officewhich will decide whether to present formal complaints to the Supremo Tribunal Federal. Meanwhile, investigations are advancing, focusing on dismantle the networks that supported the coup acts that occurred after Bolsonaro’s defeat at the polls.
For his part, the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva He expressed his gratitude for having survived the threats and stressed that his priority since his return to the Presidency in 2023 is to restore a “democratic normality” in Brazil. During an event with businessmen, Lula declared: “I am grateful to be alive.”
Also, the president of the Workers’ Party (PT), Hoffmann’s bluesrequested this Thursday prison for the former president Jair Bolsonaro after the accusation of the Federal Police that he planned a coup d’état to remain in power after his electoral defeat in 2022.
According to Hoffmann, these police complaints “open the way” for Bolsonaro and his closest circle to face the consequences of “the crimes they committed against Brazil and democracy”.
In a message on social networks, he added: “Try to commit fraud in the elections, assassinate authorities and install a dictatorship. Prison is what they deserve.”
Hoffmann also criticized the amnesty promoted by Bolsonaro to protect those responsible for violent attacks on the headquarters of the Presidencyhe Congress and the Supremo Tribunal Federalwhich occurred in January 2023.
(With information from EFE)
