The international press repercussions the request of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) for the conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and his former ministers and military for attempted coup.
The final allegations of the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, were sent to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Monday (14) and were reported by communication vehicles from other countries.
According to the PGR, Bolsonaro implemented a progressive and systematic plan of attack on democratic institutions, with the aim of undermining the legitimate alternation of power in the 2022 elections. In a 517-page demonstration, the document reaffirmed the accusations against the former president and requested his conviction for a series of crimes that, adding to the penalties, may result in up to 43 years.
In the Spanish newspaper The countrythe case was highlighted, with the title “The Public Prosecution Service of Brazil asks Bolsonaro’s conviction for the attempted coup against Lula”.
The news of The countrypublished on the morning of Tuesday (15) pointed out that Paulo Gonet took advantage of “until the last minute of the deadline” to present his opinion and “did not change a comma of the complaint” presented in February.
In the United States, the newspaper The Washington Post On Tuesday morning, he published PGR’s final allegations to the final allegations: “Bolsonaro, from Brazil, echoes Trump by describing the judgment of the coup plan as a” witch hunt “. The report highlighted the political position of former Brazilian president, aligned with Republican Donald Trump.
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In addition to the article, the US newspaper also published, on Monday, before the PGR final allegations, an episode of the Daily Podcast Post Reportswith the title “Within the fight of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to avoid prison.” The episode addresses the difficulties faced by Bolsonaro during the process.
The Argentine newspaper Clarion He also reported the request for conviction, with the title “Jair Bolsonaro was the” leader “of the coup plot against Lula da Silva, says the prosecutor of Brazil and asks for the conviction of the former president.”
O Clarion He highlighted in the text that Gonet directly linked Jair Bolsonaro and the other seven accused to the “serious episodes” of January 8, 2023, referring to the attack on the three powers in Brasilia.
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The blog El HuffPostSpanish version of the American website HuffPostreported the case with the headline “The Brazilian Attorney’s Office calls for the conviction of Bolsonaro and seven of his former collaborators for the coup conspiracy against Lula.”
The text stressed that Gonet states that there is “a large set of evidence”, which includes manuscripts, digital files, messaging and spreadsheets, which reveal “the conspiracy plot against democratic institutions.”
PGR’s opinion
The PGR allegations were delivered to the first class of the Supreme Court. According to Paulo Gonet, Bolsonaro and his vice-presidential candidate, General Braga Netto, in 2022, were leaders of criminal organization “based on authoritarian power project” and “strong influence of military sectors”.
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The demonstration calls for the condemnation of all members of what Gonet classifies from the “crucial core of the coup”. “He accepted, encouraged and performed” an attack on the Democratic Rule of Law.
