The former president () called “supreme humiliation” the restrictions imposed by the (Supreme Court) and said he never thought of leaving Brazil or going to embassies.
He was the target of searches conducted by this Friday (18). And you will not be able to leave home at night and on weekends, and cannot communicate with other investigated or with representatives of foreign embassies.
“The suspicion is an exaggeration. I am a former president of the Republic, I am 70 years old. Supreme humiliation. It is the fourth search and seizure over me,” he said. “The inquiry of the coup is a political inquiry. Nothing concrete exists there.”
Bolsonaro faces a lawsuit on charges of leading a coup plot and is also the focus of other investigations conducted by the agency.
With the anklet, the former president will be monitoring by the authorities on the eve of the, who may take him to.
In the press interview against the PF, the former president also referred to the scam attempt by which he is accused of “feast scam.”
The former president also said he did not try to escape. “Leaving Brazil is the easiest thing you have. I didn’t talk to anyone [sobre deixar o país]”.
According to him, the licensed federal deputy (PL-SP), his son, should continue in the US, where he tries to play public opinion and the local government against Brazilian authorities.
“He no longer comes here, I believe he no longer comes here. If he comes back here, he will be arrested,” said the former president. “I have no doubt that it is persecution. What evidence has against me? There is nothing. It’s just assumptions”
The PF seized a search performed against the former president, according to agents who accompany the actions. Searches were performed at his house and at the headquarters of the PL, his party.
“I have always kept dollar at home, put. Every dollar gets there it has a receipt from Banco do Brasil,” Jair Bolsonaro told reporters.
The former president said he had a lunch with ambassadors next week, but will not participate because of the restrictions imposed by Moraes. “I have more contact with ambassadors than the Foreign Minister himself [Mauro Vieira]”Bolsonaro said.
He also criticized the way the Lula government is dealing with tariffs to Brazilian products imposed by the US President ,. By announcing the tariffs, the American ruler linked the decision to the lawsuit against Bolsonaro. According to Trump, the trial needs to stop immediately.
In the decision, Moraes stated that statements from the former president and the performance of Eduardo Bolsonaro in the United States, who tries to play public opinion and the US government against the Brazilian authorities, are attacking national sovereignty.
The STF minister also and mentioned speaks of Bolsonaro who conditions the end of the sanction to his amnesty.
Bolsonaro said he was available if he has his passport returned to seek an audience with Trump to negotiate the tariffs. “Lula doesn’t talk to the TurMP,” said the former president.
“What bothered the US government, and a lot, was on the occasion of BRICS, Lula talk about a new monetary standard, which is the dollar outside BRICS negotiations,” he said.
Bolsonaro also cited the preference expressed by Lula by Kamala Harris, Trump’s opponent in the last American election. “Does he want to be treated with cordiality?” Asked the former Brazilian president.
The former modeler said that in 2019, the Republican considered imposing fare on Brazilian steel and he negotiated and now Brazil is not negotiating.
Lawyers
A the precautionary measures imposed on the former president. He also said that he “always complied with all the determinations of the judiciary.”
The decision against Bolsonaro occurs at a time when Bolsonarism narrows ties with the US government of Trump. Licensed deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the former president, is in the US.
The confidential procedure that led to the application of Bolsonaro measures was filed with the STF and distributed to Alexandre de Moraes’s office on July 11, two days after Trump announced the 50% surcharge on Brazilian products citing the process against the former president in the STF.
