Lindbergh Farias denounces performance by Eduardo Bolsonaro with US officials and warns of possible diplomatic crisis between Brazil and the United States
The Leader of the Workers Party (PT) in the House of Representatives, Lindbergh Farias (RJ), gave a striking statement this week, in which he revealed to the Federal Police a vast set of documents that, according to him, demonstrate the performance of (PL-SP) in international articulations with the objective of delegitimizing the Brazilian judiciary and interfering with the former president’s judgment process. The petista bench asks, among other measures, the blockade of the assets of the former chief executive.
According to Lindbergh, more than 600 documents were delivered, including public demonstrations by Eduardo Bolsonaro, who according to him show crimes such as coercion in the course of the process, obstruction of justice and even violent attack against the Democratic Rule of Law. “What is underway is a continuity of the coup. January 8 was just one step. Before that there was already an attempt to discredit the electoral system, and now there are articulations to attack institutions such as the,” said the parliamentarian.
Among the evidence presented are Eduardo Bolsonaro meetings with US parliamentarians such as Maria Elvira Salazar and Mario Díaz-Balart, as well as meetings in the US State Department. According to the petista, these interactions culminated in public statements and questions directed to Minister Alexandre de Moraes, the Attorney General and the Federal Police delegates-configuring, according to him, a “symbolic depredation” of Brazilian institutions.
Relations with the US and risk of Lindbergh diplomatic crisis also drew attention to the risk of a diplomatic crisis between Brazil and the United States, if sanctions against Brazilian authorities advance in the US Congress. “It is a direct attack on national sovereignty. This is not a dispute between PT and Bolsonaro, but a defense of Brazil and its democratic institutions,” he said. He also stressed that the movement of the Brazilian government, especially Itamaraty, needs to be firmer: “It does not give Brazil arms crossed if there is retaliation against a Supreme Minister.
This would have serious consequences for Brazilian companies and bilateral relations. ” Request to block goods and screening of resources among the main points of the testimony is the formal request for blocking the goods of Jair Bolsonaro, justifying that the funds raised via Pix – which total more than $ 17 million – would be used to finance activities abroad that aim to sabotage the judiciary. From communication to Coaf to investigate atypical financial movements, especially by Eduardo Bolsonaro.
“Self -binding” and continuity of the coup plot
Critical, Lindbergh pointed out that Eduardo Bolsonaro himself “self-confrontation” in public statements, and cited a post in which the federal deputy congratulates the American congressman Cory Mills for “thrown an atomic bomb in Brazil”-reference to an STF attack speech. For the PT leader, recent statements by former President Jair Bolsonaro also reinforce the coup narrative. “Last week, he said that a foreign power will be needed to reverse the Brazilian system. This is very serious and reveals unacceptable intentions for any sovereign state.”
National diplomacy and sovereignty in check
Finally, Lindbergh argued that Eduardo Bolsonaro’s diplomatic passport is preventively suspended, and reiterated the need for immediate reaction from the Brazilian government in the face of possible sanctions. “We are facing a political grouping that, for the first time, acts in favor of interests from another country over Brazil. We have never seen something like this in our republican history,” he said. The piece delivered to the Federal Police will be sent to the Attorney General and, according to the PT, should serve as a basis for urgent precautionary measures. The party demands firm answers from the executive to prevent the diplomatic crisis from getting worse.
