Those of Lieutenant Colonel released by the (Supreme Court) on Thursday (20) show the moment when the military told-for the first time-that () called the commanders to discuss one.
According to Cid, Bolsonaro received days before the meeting a draft coup decree of the advisor and. The text highlighted what they understood as abuses of the judiciary and, as a practical action, determined the arrest of the ministers of the Senate President and then (PSD-MG).
Bolsonaro, according to the denunciation, asked his advisor to edit the draft and remove the arrest of some authorities – only the detention of Moraes and the convening of new elections, with the aid of the barracks.
The meeting with military chiefs took place on December 7, 2022. Mauro Cid says that the only one who supported the conspiracy was the former commander of Navy Almir Garnier.
“Of the three, Admiral Garnier thought the president had to do something. ‘I’m with the navy ready. When you give the order, I’m with the navy ready.’ Capacity alone, “said Cid.
Lieutenant Colonel says that the then Air Force Commander, Brigadier Baptista Júnior, was the main opponent to scammer plans. “He said, ‘President, you played the game and lost. There was no fraud and now it’s over. You have to go home, see what you will do of the future, becomes opposition.”
The army commander, General Freire Gomes, was more moderate than the others, according to Cid. “He understood the situation of the country, did not agree how things were being conducted, but said he did not have to do it – so because no fraud was proven,” said Cid.
“If the decree were signed, that people would have 30 minutes of joy and the people would be happy forever. The general [Freire Gomes] He said: ‘No, everything that happens here will be an authoritarian regime during the next 20, 30 years. Do you send you an election, you get to force and then? And the international community, Congress? How will it be? And in 2026 when you leave? Will it end? You will be arrested on the next day. ‘”
