Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was accused of overseeing a massive plan to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, including a plot to eliminate the vote, disband the court and authorize the army, and assassinate President of the country – election.
The charges filed in the 272-page indictment show that Brazil has fallen into a surprisingly close approach, in fact, a military dictatorship that has entered modern democracy for nearly forty years.
Attorney General Paulo Gonet Branco has prosecuted Mr. Bolsonaro and 33 other figures, including the former spy chief, defense minister and national security adviser, accusing them of a series of crimes against Brazilian democracy. The allegations basically passed the recommendations made by the Brazilian federal police in November.
The case will now be brought in the Brazilian Supreme Court, which will decide whether to order Mr. Bolsenro to be arrested and put him on trial. According to the indictment, he could face 12 to 40 years in prison if convicted, although political analysts expect any sentence to be shorter.
Mr. Bolson Rowe, 69, called the prosecution “weaponization of the judicial system” in a statement and compared himself to President Trump, who often imitated his political allies.
Mr. Bolsonaro said the allegations “are nothing more than criminalizing my political movement, criminalizing my political movement, silencing millions of Brazilians and carrying out the next election before a vote.” Failed strategy against President Trump’s use.”
The allegations are the latest chapter in Brazil’s years-long legend, including Mr. Bolsonaro’s discreditation of the national voting system; Mr. Bolsonaro never fully accepts the tense elections of defeat; his supporters’ invasion of the Hall of Power; and a high-profile investigation that his campaign partner has placed in jail since December.
Now, Brazilians may witness a television-based Supreme Court trial that could eventually send Mr. Bolsonaro’s third president in the past eight years to jail.
This will be in sharp contrast to the United States. Both Mr. Bolsonaro and Mr. Trump are now accused of overthrowing the election. But when Mr. Trump returned to power, Trump’s case was dropped, and Mr. Bolson Rowe may be in the weakest politics to date.
The Brazilian election court has ruled that Mr. Bolsenro is not eligible for the presidential election next year. The Attorney General is conducting two other criminal cases against him. The Supreme Court Justice will oversee the case, which can be said to be his political competition.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Trump was prosecuted for his actions as president, but the Brazilian Supreme Court carried out active actions against Mr. Bolsenro and his right-wing movement.
The court oversees the investigation, orders arrests, and censors many of Mr. Bolsonrow’s supporters on social media and believes that the anti-democratic actions of his movement require extraordinary responses. Now, 11 judges of the court can rule on Mr. Bolsonaro’s fate.
“In the Republic, everything is responsible.” “The President of the Republic will not escape this rule.”
The indictment details the prosecutor said Mr. Bolsonrow and his allies, mainly current or former soldiers, had been in the process for several months. First, they tried to undermine the public’s belief in the 2022 election, and then, after Mr. Bolson Rowe lost, they tried to overturn the results. It also details several plots that prosecutors said the group discussed and began to execute but was eventually abandoned.
According to the indictment, one of the conspiracies involved the declaration of the “State of Siege” (an emergency provision in the Constitution) – Mr. Bolsonro then used it to order the arrest of the Supreme Court justice, granting new powers to the army, and granting new powers . Calls on his allies to oversee the new election. Investigators said they even found a draft of a speech that would be delivered after Mr. Bolson Rowe announced the acquisition.
A darker conspiracy involved poisoning Luizinácio Lulada Silva, who defeated Mr. Bolsenro in the 2022 general election before being sworn in and The fatal shot of Alexandre de Moraes into Mr. Bolsonaro will become the chief judge of the trial. According to the indictment, the assassination will be carried out by a small group of elite soldiers who have begun tracking down Justice Moras’s movement.
The indictment also states that the assassination plan has been submitted to Mr. Bolson Rowe. According to the indictment, in WhatsApp news on December 12, 2022, one organizer of the plot told another organizer that Mr. Bolsonaro told him that they could perform assassination any time before December 31. Mr. Lula is scheduled to open on January 1.
“I said, ‘Come on, President. The sooner the better. We have lost a lot of opportunities.
Mr. Fernandez denied the charges.
Mr Bolsonaro said in an interview last month that he explored the idea of using a “siege status” to stop Mr Lula from taking office because he feared the election had been manipulated. But he said he quickly came up with the idea when it became clear that Congress had to approve the order.
He denied any knowledge of the assassination plot, blamed Mr. Fernandez. “Even so, I think it’s just another fantasy – bravery,” he said.
“Everyone is responsible for his actions,” added Mr. Bolsonrow. “He did not take any action as far as I know.”
Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985. The regime’s killing of political opponents is the focus of “I’m Still Here”, a Brazilian film that has been nominated for this year’s Academy Awards.
Former Army Captain Mr. Bolsenro has long defended military dictatorship and saved Brazil from communism. He said in an interview last month that he could not see “I’m still here” and called it the history of the left. “There are always two aspects of this story,” he said.
Ju Faddul Report from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
