Ministers of the (Supreme Federal Court) and defendants’ lawyers bet that owes that of 2022. The former president () and seven others respond to the accusation of crimes against democracy.
The forecast of ending the lawsuit against Bolsonaro in 2025 was sparked in the Supreme last year, under the justification of. The trial is expected to take place from September.
The expectation was reinforced in the court for the short interval established by the minister between the testimony of the witnesses and the interrogation of the defendants.
Two lawyers consulted by Sheet They said they believed, at the beginning of the process, that it would not be possible to start the trial of the coup plot this year because of the deadlines provided for in the Code of Criminal Procedure. They changed assessment after the criminal action walked to their final phase in the first half of the year.
Moraes opened on Tuesday (10) five days for the defenses to submit requests for new steps, such as inclusion of new evidence, expertise or new testimonials of witnesses.
He may accept requests or deny them according to what he considers pertinent to the process.
The next phase of the process, the final allegations, is the last before the trial. The (Attorney General’s Office) will be the first to present its position within 15 days.
Then Lieutenant Colonel, an investigation collaborator, will have another 15 days to deliver his final allegations. After the military, the other defenses will have the deadline to present their versions.
Lawyers evaluate that there are two possibilities for the process to lengthen longer. In one of the scenarios, Moraes can accept due diligence, such as making his own expertise to counter excerpts from the prosecution.
They also say they believe that the July recess can get some procedural deadlines, giving nearly 30 days of breathing for the defenses to analyze the material seized by the Federal Police before the final allegations.
Demosthenes Torres, lawyer of the former Navy Commander, said Moraes could leave the process ready for trial in late August.
“If there is no cancellation of the recess, it may be late August or early September,” said the lawyer.
He said the PGR must withdraw the prosecution against some defendants in the trial. “The prosecutor is not accusing, he is a defender of the legal order. If the complaint is not proven, he has to do that.”
The coup plot process was opened on April 11 this year. On the same day, Minister Alexandre de Moraes ordered the subpoena of the parties to present the prior defense.
Bolsonaro was admitted to the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) after abdominal surgery, and the Supreme said he expected a “proper date” to make the former president’s personal subpoena.
Still at the hospital, he participated in a live on social networks and gave interview, in addition to receiving visits from politicians and allies, breaking medical guidelines.
Moraes then determined that the former president be summoned in person in the ICU. “Live’s disclosure made by the former president on yesterday demonstrated the possibility of being quoted and summoned today,” said the Supreme, in a statement.
The testimony phase of the witnesses began on May 19. It was two weeks with daily interrogation sessions of more than 50 people nominated by the accusation and the defenses.
The minister announced on the last day of the witnesses ‘testimonials on June 2 that the defendants’ interrogation would take place the following week – unusual on criminal proceedings.
Moraes has told interlocutors who have not given a different pace to the process about the coup plot compared to other criminal actions under his responsibility.
As the PGR accusation of the coup plot was divided into five nuclei, criminal proceedings will have different progress. The first class of the Supreme Court has already received the complaint against four groups.
Two cases against other nuclei of the coup complaint were opened on Wednesday (11). Moraes awaits the publication of the judgment of the judgment of the Nucleus of the Military to open the criminal action against them.
