The decision of the Federal Supreme Court that culminated in – such as the use of an electronic anklet – took by surprise to jurists who have a lot of experience in court proceedings.
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“It’s a decision no one expected. The decision itself draws attention, but it has its grounds and is properly motivated,” says the lawyer and professor of criminal law at the University of São Paulo (USP), Pierpaolo Bottini.
For him, it is clear that there is a concern of the Supreme with two things. “One is the reiteration of the conduct that the court understands as criminals, reiteration of threats, interference, attempt to interfere with criminal proceedings. And the other is a concern with a possible Bolsonaro escape,” he explains.
Bottini also adds that these two points are so clear in the decision of Alexandre, who have already been endorsed by the STF class that judged the precautionary measure. According to the jurist, there is no doubt that Moraes’s decision is legally supported.
Regarding the supreme jair bolsonaro lawsuit, Bottini believes in a rapid resolution, as a lawsuit arrested, in this case the former Bolsonaro orders, Mauro Cid.
“It has opened the deadline now for Mauro Cid to submit the allegations, then comes the other defenses and the process will be ready for the trial. By the normal pace provided by law, I think at the end of September he is ready to be tried,” he said.
In relation to the process, of which today’s decision is part, Bottini believes that a possible conviction is still far from happening. “But somehow it makes it difficult for Eduardo to return to Brazil, because he will be afraid to receive some precaution when he gets here,” he concludes.
