The chief minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann (PT), and leader of the House, Federal Deputy (PT-RJ), stated that the government’s ban that the minister, of the (Supreme Court), and “his allies” in the Court is a retaliation to the Supreme.
The prohibition, occurs after the operation of against the former president () held this morning. By order of Moraes, the former president, who is accused of leading a coup plot in 2022.
Suspected of paying against Brazil’s sovereignty after, the former president is also forbidden to approach foreign embassies and consulates.
The minister said by the X that the US government measure “exposes the degrading level of the conspiracy of Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo Bolsonaro against our country.”
“Contrary to what they planned, Brazil’s Supreme Court magnifies at this time, fulfilling due process of law, defending the constitution and law, without ever folding the sanctions and threats of anyone. Brazil has justice, not with traitors.
For Lindbergh Farias, Trump’s decision is a “especially” retaliation for the anklet imposition. “It is an attempt to embarrass magistrates and improperly interfere with our sovereignty. An unacceptable act of aggression to a power of the Republic,” he wrote in X.
Also according to the PT leader, the measure “reflects the advance of the international offensive of the far right against the Brazilian judiciary”.
“The alliance between bolsonarism and trumpster has surpassed all limits. They have transformed a legitimate criminal proceedings into diplomatic blackmail. Brazil will not bow. We will defend our institutions, our democracy and our sovereignty!”
Union attorney General Jorge Messias expressed “support and solidarity” to the STF ministers and the Attorney General, Paulo Gonet, so he called “arbitrary acts of revocation of visas by foreign nation, because they constantly comply with their legitimate institutional functions.”
“The exercise of jurisdiction, in the context of a system of justice stable and aligned with the guarantees of citizenship, cannot under any circumstances suffer political harassment, much less through the foreign state competition,” he published in X.
“I assure that no unhealthy conspiracy expedient or nasty conspiracy act will be intimidating the judiciary of our country in its independent and decent act,” he said.
The announcement of the prohibition to Moraes was made by Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, on social network. “I ordered the revocation of a visa to Moraes and his allies in the court, as well as for direct family members, immediately,” he said.
Deputy Ivan Valente (PSOL-SP) said, also on a social network, that the decision of the US government is “absurd”. “Trump is a blackmailer and thinks that it will save Bolsonaro from jail. It won’t work!” He wrote using capital letters.
