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Three generals told Sheet that officers from the last army post have shown the willingness to defend Theophilo in the Supreme Court, including any testimonies if the military becomes a defendant.
On Tuesday (18), led by former President (), which involves 33 people. These include 23 military personnel, including seven general officers and former commanders.
In addition to Theophilo, the former commanders of the Navy, and the Army, are among the accused, as well as the four-star generals.
The assessment of these former military chiefs is that the complaint against Theophilo is based on, without proof of real support to the coup conspiracies. Excerpts from the lieutenant colonel’s denunciation can also be used for the general’s defense.
Estevam Theophilo was denounced by PGR on charges of accepting “coordinating the use of land forces” to a coup that prevented the president’s inauguration (PT).
Theophilo was head of the land operations command, an organ responsible for the preparation and employment of the army. Although it has no troops, the structure led by the General has the function of defining guidelines for military operations.
The PGR says that the general agreed to militarily enable the coup d’état during a meeting with Jair Bolsonaro on December 9, 2022. That day, the then president had made changes to the coup decree and called Theophilo to talk.
The attorney general presents, as the main test, a message sent by Mauro Cid to Colonel Cleverson Magalhães, advisor to Theophilo. The meeting between General and Bolsonaro was not ending when Cid wrote: “But he wants to do… since the PR [presidente] Subscribe “.
For the PGR, the message confirms that Theophilo “had committed to perform the necessary measures for the consummation of the institutional rupture if the decree were signed by Jair Bolsonaro.”
In a statement to the minister, Mauro Cid gave another version of Theophilo’s stance in the face of Bolsonaro’s conspiracies. “General Theophilo with the same line. The great speech that had between the two [generais] It was, ‘If you have an order, if it’s the high command, we do it.’ But no one would break the circle of legality, no matter how personal opinions, right, respecting the personal opinions of each one, “he said.
“Even General Theophilo commented a few times that he does not … He would not accept to take over the army if General Freire Gomes [comandante do Exército à época] be removed, even by loyalty to him, “added Mauro Cid.
Even before the complaint, Theophilo’s defense gathered written testimonials from former Army commanders Freire Gomes and Julio Cesar de Arruda and former army chief of the army Fernando Soares.
“It is noteworthy that Gen Theophilo has always been focused entirely on military activity. His advice to this commander was basically in aspects related to the activities of the barracks, abstaining from political or similar aspects,” wrote Freire Gomes in a document sent to.
“His emotional balance and commitment, in well advising the army command, were preponderant for the success of operational activities that occurred without further incidents over the period,” he continued.
General Arruda said that while commanded the army at the beginning of the Lula administration, Theophilo was “extremely disciplined, honest, loyal, frank and comrade.” He added, “I just have to thank him immensely for living with him and his family for all these years. I am available for some more clarification.”
General Soares wrote that he never witnessed any illegal manifestation of Theophilo. “I have always seen him striving for law, for obedience to the rules in force, the camaraderie with the pairs and subordinates and the absolute loyalty to their commanders.”
the Federal Police investigates whether General Theophilo had produced a plan for the coup waiting for Bolsonaro to sign the decree for military intervention.
No evidence that Theophilo had prepared the plan was found by the investigation.
He pointed out, in reserved conversations, that he reported all the dialogues he had with Bolsonaro to Commander Freire Gomes. Sought, Theophilo’s defense did not comment.
