Lawyer Celso Vilardi, who defends former President () said on Wednesday that “a narrative of the January 8 was created to involve” his client in the action on the coup plot.
“[O 8 de janeiro] It is something the president is not involved, was not involved. In the complaint [da Procuradoria-Geral da República] It is that this involvement arises, because not even in the report of emerged, “said Vilardi, after the first class of (Supreme Federal Court).
“A narrative of January 8 was created to involve the president, this is the truth. The materiality that was said in this judgment is the materiality of the 8th, and in this the president has no remotely involvement,” he said, criticizing the minister in the trial, with images of scammers in the square of the three powers.
Bolsonaro’s lawyer also stated that the defense was harmed by, he said, not having full access to the evidence obtained during the investigations.
“What happened here? [Foram expostos] Excerpts of dialogues, part of testimonials, we do not know in what context they were placed, we do not know how they were placed. Let’s prove innocence? Let’s prove innocence, but we need to have freedom of defense. “
Vilardi praised the minister’s vote, who made caveats about which crimes suspected of being committed.
The lawyer Demosthenes Torres, who defends the former chief of Navy Almir Garnier, also praised Fux’s vote. The magistrate admitted the possibility of reevaluating the award -winning collaboration of Mauro Cid and the dosimetry of the penalties of those convicted by January 8.
Torres said he saw the way for Garnier’s acquittal, accused of accepting the coup plan proposed by Bolsonaro. Therefore, it defined as a strategy not to appeal this Wednesday’s decision and bet on the presentation of evidence during the process.
He also said that he considers Flávio Dino “quite wise” that Cristiano Zanin has “great defensive action” and that Carmen Lúcia and Alexandre de Moraes must do an objective analysis of the evidence.
“If we do a lawsuit in which there are only condemned, we will have a Soviet, Cuban, Hitler, Stalinist process, while the acquittal of innocent legitimates the process. Otherwise it can become a scam,” he said.
On Wednesday, the first class of the Supreme and make defendants Bolsonaro and seven others accused of integrating the central nucleus of the 2022 coup plot.
The Supreme Court decision paves the way to judge the merits of the complaint against the former president by the end of the year, in an effort to streamline the trial and prevent the case from being contaminated by the 2026 presidential elections.
Receiving the complaint also impacts Bolsonaro’s political situation. With the advancement of the process that can take you to prison, the former president’s allies are divided over the anticipation of a candidate for next year’s electoral race.
