After being discharged, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva commented on the arrest of the reserve general last Saturday; The statement was made during the president’s surprise appearance at a press conference held by the medical team to update his health status
After being discharged from the hospital this Sunday morning (15), the president spoke about the arrest of the retired general and stated that the soldier must be punished “severely” if his participation in the attempted coup d’état is confirmed. “I think he has every right to the presumption of innocence. What I didn’t have, I want him to have. But if they did what they think they did, I want them to be severely punished”, said Lula at a press conference at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital.
Indicted by the PF in the investigation investigating an attempted democratic rupture resulting from the electoral defeat of then president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), Braga Netto was preventively arrested this Saturday (14) for obstruction of justice. He is the first four-star general arrested since the country’s redemocratization. He was minister of the Civil House and Defense and candidate for vice on Bolsonaro’s ticket in 2022.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
Posted by Victor Oliveira
