The decision of the federal deputy (-SP) to license from office to stay in the United States has made it gain from Bolsonarist parliamentarians the status of “political exile” and demonstrations of solidarity.
On the other hand, government members and leftist parliamentarians saw in the gesture an attempted victimization and defamation of the country abroad.
Eduardo announced, on the morning of Tuesday (18), that he would continue in the US with his family, where he has already spent much of the year, in a crusade to convince Donald Trump’s administration to apply sanctions to ministers of the (Federal Supreme Court), above all,.
Deputies, senators and party leaders assess that Eduardo’s decision creates an important political fact to reinforce his arguments with the Americans. Among them, there is an expectation that there is some kind of retaliation to the Supreme.
On another front, nationally, Eduardo reinforces the attempt to present himself as a political persecuted – Sheet The deputy also said he considered asking asylum to the country.
Despite the tone with which he communicated his departure from the country, he is not implied in the main suspicions that weigh on his father, the former president (PL). It was not, for example, indicted in the case of the coup plot or was targeted in investigations such as the
No, where he visited an exhibition about the Holocaust, former President Bolsonaro told reporters being proud of his son, that “he walks away to fight something similar to Nazifascism, which increasingly advances in our country.”
The governor of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans), who spoke in a Bolsonarist act on Sunday (16), expressed an endorsement to the ally social network: “Force, @bolsonarosp! Always count on my support.”
Already the opposition leader in the House, Zucco (PL-RS), spoke in denouncing “bias” in the country.
“[Eduardo] It is taking on a historical mission: to bring the truth about the state of exception imposed in Brazil, where the right has been persecuted and treated with excessive bias. Your work abroad will be fundamental to denounce abuse and ensure that democratic values are preserved, “he said.
The deputy’s decision was announced on a video published on his social networks late in the morning and caused surprise in allies and party members. According to reports, not even his brother, (PL-RJ), was warned in advance.
The main argument for announcing his permanence in the United States was the possibility of apprehending his passport. Deputies Rogério Corrêa (PT-MG) and Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ) had submitted a criminal complaint in February, claiming that the opponent would have worked against Brazilian sovereignty and asking for the seizure of the document.
Moraes asked for demonstration on March 5, and the answer arrived on Tuesday after Eduardo’s announcement. And, continuous act, the magistrate filed the PT’s request.
Still, according to Eduardo’s allies, he will continue in the United States, as he still fears a change in Moraes posture.
The PT measure occurred amidst the signs of the PL that would indicate Eduardo to preside over the House Foreign Relations Commission, where he promised to reinforce his action against the government and the Supreme Court.
According to reports, Supreme Ministers mobilized against this possibility. Court members even called the PL leaders and the mayor (Republicans-PB). Now, the post will occupy the post the deputy Filipe Barros (PL-PR).
Eduardo’s gesture was criticized by government members, who saw attempted victimization. The Minister of Institutional Relations, (PT), classified, on social networks, as an escape, “another desperate staging of the coup family and their accomplices”. “They want to pass through victims and defame Brazil, criminal, lying that we live in a dictatorship. Who plotted a blow and even murders to usurp power were them,” she published.
Remembering the depredation of the headquarters of the three powers, Gleisi rejected the idea of political persecution of Bolsonaro supporters. “It was not Disneyland, they were violently attacking the headquarters of the powers. It is not persecution, it is due law process in progress. And it will not be lying that they will get rid of a meeting with justice, increasingly close,” he added.
PT leader NA, Lindbergh Farias said Bolsonaro’s son “is in a fight abroad to embarrass the Supreme,” in a daily struggle.
He also said it is the fourth time Eduardo Bolsonaro has been going to the US since Trump’s election. Lindbergh said he asked why he received salary from the House being abroad.
Also according to the petista, the PL deputy feared the seizure of the passport, which would prevent his international articulation. “It is an element that is trying to intrigue the US government with the Brazilian government all the time. You know that Lula is in the biggest calculation, the greatest care, he is there all the time selling these crazy things, that there is no democracy here,” said the PT leader.
In the evaluation of government members, Eduardo also intends to gain visibility to project himself electorally to 2026.
Criticism
In an interview with West magazine also on Tuesday, the former president’s son said “Alexandre will not even have a Visa or Mastercard card to buy a Shein blouse,” in reference to the possibility of sanctions from the United States against the magistrate.
Eduardo stated that Gonet’s decision given precisely on Tuesday, when the deputy announced that he would not return to Brazil, is an example of “political calculation” made by the judiciary.
According to him, the repercussion to his announcement “came strong”, and PGR decided to give the decision to “relieve the pressure”. “This does not make me quiet to return to Brazil,” he said.
In the interview, Eduardo and his father also talked about joints in Congress. Bolsonaro cited a proposal by Senator Magno Malta (PL-ES) in which the ineligibility of parliamentarians would be voted by their respective houses in order to prevent the measure from remaining being a “political instrument of the [Tribunal Superior Eleitoral]”.
“They end up taking from the match who they want to take,” said the former president.
According to Eduardo, Hugo Motta showed concern about his situation, although not publicly.
