Federal Police Director-General (PF), Andrei Rodrigues, said on Monday (27) that the PF did not find “Sufficient elements” To indict Eduardo and Michelle Bolsonaro in the investigation investigating an alleged attempted coup after the 2022 presidential election.
“He [Mauro Cid]by collaborating and citing some people, it points out some elements that may lead us to collect evidence to hold these people or not. In the present case, it is there in the report of the police inquiry, there was no search for other elements that could confirm that these people participated [da tentativa de golpe]”He said in an interview with TV Cultura’s Roda Viva program.
Between November and December, the PF indicted 40 people in the investigation that investigates the attempted coup d’état in the country. Among them is the former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL)the former ministers Walter Braga Netto e Augusto Helenoin addition to Valdemar Costa NetoPL President, Bolsonaro Party.
“We investigate, we find out, we do not find enough elements for several people, not only these two [Eduardo e Michelle]. And therefore, we made the conclusion that it had to be made, ”concluded Andrei Rodrigues.
Denunciation
Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, a former Jair Bolsonaro orders, stated in award-winning report that federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro were part of the most radical wing around the ex -President.
According to the testimony of Cid, harvested in August 2023, “instigating him to give a coup.”
The content of the first testimonial of Cid’s denunciation was revealed by journalist Elio Gaspari, from the newspaper O Globo,
Cid’s denunciation was approved by Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in September 2023. After that, the former joint of orders provided more than ten statements.
According to Cid, after the victory of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) in the 2022 elections, three groups gravitated around Bolsonaro.
The first of them, of “conservatives,” would have a political line. The intention of this group was to transform Bolsonaro into a “great opposition leader.” Some of the members would be Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) and Bruno Bianco, former Union General.
There were also the “moderates”, who said they agreed with “the injustices” of Brazil, but were not in favor of a radical intervention.
“They understood that nothing could be done in the face of the election outcome, anything in another sense would be an armed blow,” says Cid. Participants would include General Freire Gomes, then Army Commander, as well as General Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, who was Minister of Defense.
The third group, according to the denunciation, was composed of “radicals”, which was divided into two nuclei: one that would be in favor of going after a supposed ballot box. Another portion “was in favor of an armed arm.” According to the document, the PL president, Valdemar da Costa Neto, and General Eduardo Pazuello, former Minister of Health were included.
What do Eduardo and Michelle Bolsonaro say
On social networks, which include in the first testimonial of Cid’s denunciation.
“This investigation into alleged coup does not occur in a first instance court, but in the Supreme Court, under the command of Minister Alexandre de Moraes. It doesn’t have to be a genius to know that I won’t be entitled to broad defense and it doesn’t go about due process of law, ”wrote the parliamentarian.
Also on social networks,
On Instagram, the former first lady published a news about the subject, and an avatar of his own face that holds two cups overflowing with tears.
*With information from Leonardo Ribbeiro and Luísa Martins, from CNN, in Brasilia
