The former president () attacked the minister by commenting on the decision of the Federal Supreme Court on Wednesday (26) and resumed the offensive against the electoral system, which began even before being elected President of the Republic in 2018.
He made a statement of almost 50 minutes in front of the Senate and, by repeating attacks on the electronic ballot box and the (Superior Electoral Court), spoke again in favor of the printed vote and criticizing his ineligibility by 2030.
The former president’s main line of defense is to reinforce that there is a political persecution against him, who seeks to get him out of the electoral dispute, from 2022 to 2026. He said the accusations are serious and that there is something “personal” against him without quoting names.
At different times in his speech, he mentioned Moraes, rapporteur of the inquiry who led him to the condition of defendant on Wednesday and president of the TSE during the 2022 elections.
“I have learned from a young age that the soul of democracy is the vote. And the vote accounted for. Why can’t you learn about this inquiry? What’s inside? What does Minister Alexandre Moraes want to hide?” He asked.
“I’m accused of a coup attempt. People must have noticed as incisively as Minister Alexandre Moraes leads … It’s something weird. (…) The TSE influenced, played heavy against me and in favor of candidate Lula,” he added.
He used his pronouncement to deny participation in the attempted coup. Bolsonaro recalled that he asked to demobilize his supporters of military intervention and reaffirmed that he collaborated with the transition from government.
The former president repeated that, in an interview with Roda Viva, the current Justice Minister, José Múcio, said he resorted to Bolsonaro in late 2022 to talk to then-armed commanders.
“I hope today put an end to that there. It seems that there is something personal against me. The accusation is very serious, and are unfounded,” said Bolsonaro.
He also spoke of his trip to the United States in late 2022, when he refused to hand over the track to his successor, Lula. According to him, there is no crime not to pass the track.
“Want to put 30 [anos de cadeia] in me. If I was owed anything I wouldn’t be here. I went to the United States thanks to God because, if I were here on January 8, I would be stuck or dead, which is the dream of some because arrested I will do work, “he said.
“Am I a coup? [Em] January 8 was in the United States. One of the five accusations is the destruction of heritage. Only if it is by telepathy. “
Earlier, when he gave a majority in the first class of the Supreme Court for a 2022 coup plot, Bolsonaro published a text on X, former Twitter.
He said the court wants to get him out of the electoral dispute in 2026 and that he sees a “procedural theater.”
“The court tries to prevent me from being tried in 2026 because they want to prevent me from reaching the elections because they know that, in a fair dispute, there is no candidate who can win me,” he said when there was already a majority for the court decision.
“To judge for what we read in the press, we are facing a judgment with date, target and result defined beforehand. Something that would be a procedural theater disguised as justice – not a criminal proceedings, but a power project that aims to interfere with the political and electoral dynamics of the country,” he added.
Bolsonaro accompanied the judgment of the admissibility of the case in the office of son Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) in the Senate.
During the day, allies visited him at the scene. Senator and former Minister Damares Alves (Republicans-DF) prayed with the former president and released a photo laughing next to him.
In the publication, Bolsonaro republished a report of reporting from Sheetwhich showed that the action of the coup plot has rite that of the monthly.
The day before, the former president kept confidential up to an hour before starting the trial on where he would follow the session, soon to appear in court and sit in the first row.
The gesture symbolically repeats that of the current president of the last year, when he sat at the defense table on trial in New York. In criminal cases, the presence of the accused is mandatory in the US. In Brazil, no.
It unanimously decided on Wednesday (Attorney General’s Office) and make Bolsonaro defendants and seven others accused of integrating the central nucleus of.
The Supreme 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 speed up the trial and.
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.
At the end of the day, the former president spoke again with the press for about 45 minutes. The interview was momentarily interrupted by a protester who played the funeral march of Frédéric Chopin in the trumpet.
Bolsonaro said he would like to debate with a Supreme Minister, but denied that he will look for the rapporteur, Moraes. The former president added that.
This Tuesday (25), Fux diverged from the rest of the first of the class about the case outside the plenary. The minister also interrupted OE indicated that he will make a review of the penalty applied.
Asked if he fears the arrest, Bolsonaro said that “no one has legal certainty in the country” and that former minister and defeated candidate for vice president, Walter Braga Netto-also defendant-is unjust arrested.
