Faced with the complaint of the (Attorney General’s Office) against () by the generals of the general, they began to discuss the possibility that the former president will be prison in a military unit.
Bolsonaro would have the right to be arrested in an army arrest for being a retired captain. The evaluation of interlocutors of the General’s commander, is that, in this scenario, the former president should be detained in less unfavorable conditions, considering the prerogatives of former chief of state.
One possibility is to improvise a special arrest space in the Military Command of Planalto, based on. Generals, however, point out that the evaluations are still distant conjectures and that the subject will only enter the agenda if Bolsonaro is convicted.
Four generals heard by Sheet They evaluate that, in any conviction, the (Supreme Federal Court) should grant Bolsonaro a special prison.
They cite the cases of the president (PT) and the former president (MDB). The petista was 580 days stuck at the Federal Police Superintendence in Curitiba, in a bedroom with bed, two tables, adapted bathroom and television.
The emedebista was in a special cell at the Federal Police Superintendence in São Paulo. The room was improvised to serve the former president, with bed, bathroom and table.
The space for former presidents arrested is called the Staff Room-a reference to the Armed Forces Officers group advising the Military Commander. It must therefore be an environment in the military unit compatible with the place where the functions of the Staff are performed.
The law is provided for in the Military Penal Code for a series of authorities such as Ministers of State, parliamentarians and armed forces officers. The legislation, however, provides that the special arrest will be possible “before the irrecoverable conviction.”
As much as legislation does not mention former presidents, the rule is usually applied to them because they are considered commanders-in chief of the Armed Forces during their mandates. The expectation in the barracks is that the benefit of the special prison also worth for any definitive convictions of Bolsonaro.
One reason raised by general officers to signal that the barracks would be unfeasible is the possibility of the former president to keep in touch with the military, with possible encouragement to disorder.
In the view of two of the generals consulted, under reserve, the best departure would be to avoid Bolsonaro’s arrest in a military unit and designate one of the federal police headquarters for eventual detention.
During an event organized by the PL on Thursday (20), Bolsonaro said he was not concerned about a possible conviction. “For me, it would be much easier to be on the other side, with Dona Michelle, enjoying life. But I couldn’t keep seeing my country deteriorate, if you end up sink. all the time [é] ‘Let’s arrest Bolsonaro’. I shifted to prison, “he said to applause.
The situation of Bolsonaro is different from the position of general officers reported by the PGR, such as Augusto Heleno, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and Estevam Theophilo. For them, the eventual arrest will follow the same protocols as the arrest of General Braga Netto, with separation from a staff room for the possible convicts.
The military may still lose the right to prison in a military unit if they have revoked their posts and patents by the STM (Superior Military Court). In this scenario, the military is considered unworthy of the official and lose the typical benefits of the career.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro was denounced by the PGR after Lula’s victory in the 2022 presidential elections.
Bolsonaro denies both the articulation by a blow and the knowledge of the authorities’ murder plan. His defense stated that he received with “harassment and indignation” the complaint and that there are no elements in the PGR piece that connects it to the “narrative built” in the document.
The complaint used the denunciation of Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, former chief of the help of the presidency, and evidence obtained over a year and a half of investigations by the Federal Police.
The main evidence against Bolsonaro are the making and editing of scammer decree drafts and the attempt to get support from the armed forces chiefs for the conspiracies in December 2022.
The PF also concludes, that Bolsonaro has been analyzed with a plan to kill authorities – between them Lula, Geraldo Alckmin and Alexandre de Moraes – and points him as one of those responsible for the attacks of 8 January 2023.
