BRASILIA (Reuters)-Former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged late Sunday morning after an hospitalization of three weeks since he underwent intestinal clearance surgery, he again challenged the Supreme Court (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes, but, on medical recommendation, should not personally follow the pro-administrative act provided for next Wednesday.
In a quick speech on, with a weak voice alongside doctors, family and supporters, Bolsonaro thanked people who prayed for their recovery and promised to give an interview soon to press vehicles to “end” in the accusations they respond.
The former president became a defendant in late March at the STF for attempted coup and other crimes, for which he has always denied any kind of involvement.
In speech, Bolsonaro said he would have made his defense in the case without all the elements, adding that images that were preserved for the sake of intimate forum could help him. He also defended the amnesty again, saying that there were “innocent people with penalties up to 17 years in jail.”
“Mr. Alexandre de Moraes has just said that now he gave us everything. Hey, we did the defense without everything,” he said, again saying that he could not be related to acts that occurred in Brazil while at the time in the United States.
“There is no point in saying that amnesty is forgiveness and what happened is unforgivable. He didn’t have a drop of blood. He didn’t have a firearm.”
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Doctor Claudio Birolini, who headed the surgery team of the former president, said the recommendation is that Bolsonaro did not personally attend the pro-administration act scheduled for next Wednesday, May 8, at 4 pm.
“We pass the instructions directly to the president so that he does not participate directly in the act,” he said, alongside Bolsonaro.
Doctor Leandro Echenique of DF Star stressed that he should avoid agglomerations even because of the risk of infections, so he will have a first week of hospital discharge where he will be more protected. He stressed that still the former president, at 70, had a “fantastic recovery, far above average” for his age.
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Bolsonaro was welcomed on the way out of the hospital by a group of about 30 supporters, who prayed for him.
The former president had on April 13 for surgery for intestinal clearance after ill with severe abdominal pain while attending a political event in Rio Grande do Norte.
This was the sixth operation Bolsonaro submitted because of a stab he suffered in September 2018 while running election in Juiz de Fora (MG). The former president has also had other episodes of intestinal obstruction.
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Last Thursday, Bolsonaro had already made a call for parliamentarians and supporters to appear to the act in defense of the amnesty of the convicts of the acts of January 8, 2023.
Allies of the former president seek to articulate in Congress the approval of a proposal to guarantee a wide amnesty and would also benefit Bolsonaro himself.
(Report by Ricardo Brito)
