The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) said he had no impediment to judge former president () in the case of the 2022 coup plot.
The magistrate said he did not see previous personal performance related to the former president’s participation in the accusations contained in the complaint.
“I also do not see the presence of any of the legal hypotheses that configure the suspicion. Nor I have any negative feeling that may affect my performance as a magistrate in the case in question,” he added.
Bolsonaro’s defense formalized in the second (24) to the Supreme request that Zanin and the STF minister Flávio Dino, both nominated by President Lula (PT), related to the complaint against the former president for the coup plot.
In a letter sent on Thursday (27) to the presidency of the Court in response to the request, Zanin stated that, as a lawyer, he was a law federation of law federation in the 2022 presidential elections.
“Naturally, the acting also embarked on challenges related to the various candidacies supported by other federations of political parties, including the former president of the Republic Jair Messias Bolsonaro. I emphasize that that performance in the electoral process occurred strictly in the technical-legal scope and was restricted to the case file,” said Zanin.
The minister also said that the performance ended on October 12, 2022.
“As a result, I had no performance in investigations related to the facts that occurred on 8/1/2023 and in their consequences or related facts, even participated in 901 complaint receipts and 418 merit judgments related to crimes committed to that date, both in plenary and 1st class,” he said.
Zanin also said that the Supreme refuses “expanding interpretation” from the hypotheses of impediment.
Bolsonaro’s lawyers also want the plenary to comment on which collegiate should analyze the accusations against the former president, if the full, composed of 11 ministers, or one of the classes, consisting of five magistrates. The requests are addressed to the president of the Supreme ,.
Former President Celso Vilardi’s lawyer to the Minister, president of the Supreme Court. At the meeting, he stated that the defense team should request the annulment of Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid.
The information from the former Bolsonaro orders are one of the basis of the PGR complaint against the former president and 33 people.
