The announcement was made after Judge Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case in the Supreme Court, to have asked the court on Thursday to mark a date to decide whether or not to accept the accusation and began a criminal trial.
Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) marked on March 25 and 26 the analysis of the prosecution against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven others accused of coup.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Judge Cristiano Zanin indicated that he will be analyzed “if the complaint” filed by the prosecutor “presented sufficient evidence for the opening of criminal action against the accused.”
In the sessions scheduled for March, the first class of the Supreme Court, composed of progressive profile judges, will analyze if the accusation is solid enough to start a criminal proceedings. The defendants will not yet be tried.
In addition to the former president, among the defendants planned for the session is the former Bolsonaro advisor, Colonel Mauro Cid, who testified to the Supreme Court in a collaboration agreement.
The accusations made against Walter Braga Netto, former minister, reserve general and vice-presidential candidate in 2022, former Justice Minister Anderson Torres and former Defense Minister Paulo Sérgio Nogueira will also be analyzed.
The announcement was made after Judge Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case in the Supreme Court, to have asked the court on Thursday to mark a date to decide whether or not to accept the accusation and began a criminal trial.
On Thursday, the Attorney General’s Office, author of the complaint, rejected the first allegations of the defendants and insisted that they were tried as alleged plaintiffs of an attempted coup against the current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro has reacted through social networks, criticizing the fact that the legal process works to the “speed of light.”
“But only when the target is first in all polls for President of the Republic in the 2026 elections,” he added.
