By order of , and cannot maintain contact with each other. It is a common measure to prevent investigators from combining versions, exchanging threats or closing survival agreements. A conversation between the captain and the general, however, takes place in public.
The duo’s reactions to the indictment for attempted coup reveal the search for a pact. Braga Netto released two statements in which he was unable to categorically deny his involvement in plans to remain in power. The general only stated that “there was never any talk of a coup.” His lawyers spent characters giving other messages.
Braga Netto tied himself to Bolsonaro by the ankle. In his , he rejected what would be the “fantastic and absurd thesis” that, after the coup, the generals would remove the captain from the scene to control the regime. The former minister declared absolute loyalty to his former boss and, in practice, overturned the idea that there could be dual command in that conspiracy.
The two main leaders of the plot acted with the same purpose. Bolsonaro left his fingerprints on the decree that would carry out the coup and on the summons of the commanders of the Armed Forces for the conspiracy. Braga Netto worked for and coordinated a meeting of the agents who designed the plan to kill Lula and Alexandre de Moraes.
Braga Netto’s demonstrations suggest that the so-called military family prefers to defend itself together. Bolsonaro showed some hesitation in the face of this expectation. In his first statement on the indictment, the former president made what appeared to be an individual defense: .
The shamelessness, however, forges the alliance between Bolsonaro and Braga Netto. Both of their statements are based on the flawed theory that there was never a coup attempt because there was not enough support or tanks on the streets. What none of them refute is that a coup decree was drawn up to institute a state of siege and prevent the elected president from taking office. It would be the so-called “within four lines” coup.
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