The former president () and attended together the seventh day mass of Leila Caran Costa, mother of the PL president, this Monday (9) in Mogi das Cruzes (61 km from ).
The meeting took place after the exceptional release of the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court), as both have been prohibited from having contact since February due to the investigation into the coup plot.
The magistrate had attended the funeral, but he decided not to attend. The release took place on the day of Leila’s death, last Tuesday (3). According to Bolsonaro, it would not be possible to reach Mogi in time for the burial.
In the request, the former president pledged “not to hold any conversations about the ongoing investigations” with Valdemar. Moraes authorized the meeting on the condition that the commitment was fulfilled.
They attended mass in the same row. Bolsonaro and Valdemar were alongside the president of , André do Prado, Lucas Bove from São Paulo and Colonel Mello Araújo, elected vice-mayor of São Paulo.
The head of the PL thanked the former president and others for their presence in a quick speech from the pulpit. The retired Army captain did not speak.
The two have been banned from having contact since February 8, when they began to be investigated for an alleged attempted coup d’état. Both were indicted on the 21st.
On the external walls of the church where the seventh-day mass took place, protesters pasted posters against Bolsonaro’s presence in the city. “Coupists are not welcome in Mogi” and “prison for Bolsonaro and coup generals” were some of the writings displayed.
