The Senator (Republicans-RS) denied the existence of a meeting confirmed by the lieutenant colonel and in which (PL) would be president. The general said he was also unaware of dealings for an attempt to coup and direct pressure on the former president in this regard.
The statement was given in a statement to the (Federal Supreme Court) on Friday (23) as a witness in the 2022 coup plot.
Mourão was questioned by the Attorney General of the Republic, about a conversation in which he was mentioned.
According to the Federal Police, an interlocutor named Riva referred to Army Lieutenant Colonel Sérgio Cavaliere which would be information from a Bolsonaro meeting with his then vice-senator Hamilton Mourão and other generals.
“This dialogue is one of the fantasies that circulate on the internet. I do not know these citizens. At no time have I introduced a draft measurement of exception and this text is totally fake,” he said.
Gonet said Cid had confirmed the meeting and asked if Lieutenant Colonel would then be a liar. “No. I can’t say it’s a liar. But I didn’t have access to that he said,” he said.
He was called by the defenses of four defendants: former President (), General Augusto Heleno, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and the General. All are part of the so-called central core of the accusation of (Attorney General’s Office).
Mourão was vice president of Bolsonaro and Heleno ended his mandate in the head of the institutional security office (GSI).
In the same statement, the general stated that the acts of depredation of the headquarters of the three powers occurred by inaction of the current government.
“We had all this planning and obviously that this lasts to this day. In my view it was an inaction of the government in the face of what had triggered the means it had,” he said, after talking about the security structure of the Presidency of the Republic.
In November 2024, Mourão stated that he was and rejected the country suffered an attempt to blow after Lula’s (PT) victory. It was Mourão’s first public demonstration after the revelation of a Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) and Minister Alexandre de Moraes.
Also in November, the reserve general, but stated that one is harmful to Brazil.
“Now they want the Armed Forces to blow and put the country in a difficult situation before the international community. Ordered demonstrations, in fair indignation, are welcome,” he said on social networks.
From the first information about the plans for Bolsonaro, even defeated, to continue in power – as – the senator sought to minimize the revelations with the argument that ideas or would not be feasible or would not have military support.
At the end of 2022, the then vice president made a national chain pronouncement on December 31. At the time, he.
The day before and Mourão took over as head of the acting executive. Thus, the former president did not pass the presidential range to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT).
Mourão also sent indirect messages to the Supreme, with which the executive had hard clashes throughout the government.
Mourão did not mention the Bolsonarist camps in front of Quarters, but said that life must return to normal.
“Let us return to the normality of life, our tasks and the repair of our homes, with faith and with the certainty that our elected representatives will last opposition to the progressive project of the shift government, without, however, promoting opposition to Brazil. We will be attentive,” he said.
