The former president () changed the tone during his (Supreme Court), on Tuesday (10), on topics such as ballot boxes, scammer plot and. He dealt with old curses, threats and attacks on ballot boxes and institutions such as “criticism” and spoke of scammer conversations as a study of “possibilities.”
At the same time, supporters who participated in camps in front of the general barracks, despite encouraging these mobilizations at the end of his term, when he did not pass the track to the president () by losing the 2022 elections.
The former president is on charges of leading an attempt to coup to prevent Lula’s inauguration. He is accused of the crimes of coup d’état, attempted abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, armed criminal association, damage qualified to public heritage and deterioration of listed heritage. If convicted, it can take more than 40 years in prison, as well as increase its ineligibility period, which currently runs until 2030.
See three points that show Bolsonaro’s tone change when it was interrogated in the STF.
1) called ‘criticism’ their attacks, curses and threats to the polls, authorities and institutions
In interrogation, Bolsonaro spoke of “distrust”, “suspicion” and “criticism” against the ballot boxes. He also stated that the.
Throughout his term, however, the former president made systematic attacks on the polls. More than once he said, without evidence, that he would act in favor of Lula and.
In trying to treat attacks as the right of opinion, he acted in tune with the strategy of his defense. One of his lawyers, Paulo Bueno, already.
Bolsonaro also minimized his previous and frequent attacks on institutions and authorities. In the interrogation, he said he made accusations unruly to ministers Fachin, Moraes and Barroso and apologized. He called “outburst” and “rhetoric” and said he would have said the same if they were other ministers in office.
2) described as ‘possibilities’ unconstitutional discussions to prevent Lula’s possession
Bolsonaro denies having tried a blow, but at the same time and similar measures in a context in which such actions were not legally applicable.
In the interrogation, he did the STF. Characterized the measures as “possibilities” discussed with commanders of the Armed Forces. He also said that these “alternatives” would be within the Constitution, contrary to what the law says.
The state of defense restricts individual freedoms and is called to preserve public order or social peace threatened by serious crises. Even more extreme, the state of siege is foreseen in cases of nationally or war, for example.
Bolsonaro’s position brings with it a misrepresented version of legality that is embarrassed in military culture, focusing on the notion of hierarchy and chain of command overlapping constitutional values.
3) classified as ‘freaks’ camps that previously encouraged
Supporters who set up scammer camps in front of military units after Lula’s election in 2022. In reference to Institutional Act No. 5, which surrounded a series of individual rights in the dictatorship, he said that the camps had “that idea of AI-5, military intervention”, but that the armed forces “would never embark on this”.
The former president, however, encouraged the creation and maintenance of the scammer camps who spread across the country after the defeat to Lula, from which the protesters of the January 8 attacks came from.
At the time, he had the supporters, said they would decide their future and that the Armed Forces were the “last obstacle to socialism.”
