The president of the (Supreme Federal Court), said on Wednesday (26), that, in the view of the Court, not properly punishing the crimes committed in is an incentive for the situation to be repeated.
“Those who lose next time may think they can do the same thing. Therefore, we need to end the cycle of Brazilian history where the breakdown of constitutional legality was part of the routine as it always was,” he said.
Barroso participated in the panel Legal Security in Brazil at the CEO Conference Brasil 2025 event of the BTG Pactual Investment Bank, on the morning of this Monday. The seminar took place in São Paulo.
Last week, the on charges of plotting an attempt to coup d’état to prevent the possession of ().
Bolsonaro is suspected of crimes of armed criminal organization, violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, coup, damage qualified by violence and serious threat and deterioration of listed heritage.
PGR’s complaint connects Bolsonaro to the leadership of a coup plot focuses on the chronology of actions practiced from 2021 to events from January 8 to support that of an ongoing coup attempt.
At the event, Barroso also pointed out that, in his opinion, in recent years, relations between the powers are more stable, despite normal friction. He pointed out as the biggest stress points: the consequences of January 8; the investigation against the former president () and the difficulties in the economy and security.
Regarding the complaint against Bolsonaro, Barroso stated that the situation causes some difficulty in pacification of the country, but cannot be ignored. “Our role is to judge, and there is no way to judge a coup articulation that apparently involved even murder planning,” he said.
