was the operator of the coup society formed by military and . The mission started early. Months after assuming the Ministry of Defense, in 2021, he gave the green light to what should pressure Congress to approve the printed vote. In the same year, he appointed the general he worked for.
Bolsonaro when the general had already pressed the first buttons of the conspiracy. In mid-2022, the president was counting more on the hope of turning the tables than on the belief of winning the vote. The group formalized the nucleus of the criminal organization that, according to the PF, would attempt a coup d’état.
If Bolsonaro was the face of the coup, Braga Netto acted as responsible for logistical decisions and overt actions to lead to the rupture that would benefit the then president and the military that had accumulated power in those years.
The role played by Braga Netto in that division of tasks meant that he left more fingerprints along the way than Bolsonaro. The general coordinated the “rataria” that was dedicated to the plot that included the murder of authorities. According to the lieutenant colonel, he also handed over a bag with money to pay for protests and attacks.
The consequences of the terrorist plan, however, depended on complementary action that was necessarily up to Bolsonaro. The state of siege decree that the president worked on in the final weeks of his government was a fundamental piece in implementing the state of exception that would guarantee the group’s permanence in power.
Attempting to separate everyone’s steps led to some ridiculous efforts. Even before the , one of Bolsonaro’s lawyers wanted to promote the thesis that the captain was innocent and would be betrayed by generals who would command a crisis cabinet after the coup. The doctor did himself a favor by recognizing the weight of the evidence, but he forgot to read the seized papers. They said that this office would be installed in the wake of the decree signed by Bolsonaro and should advise the president.
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