The minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), banned on Monday (21) the transmission or broadcast of audios and videos of interviews of the former president () on social networks.
In order, Moraes stated that the disclosure of former president’s interviews may configure a violation of the decision that prohibited him from using social networks, at the risk of arrest decree.
“The precautionary measure of prohibition of use of social networks, directly or through third parties, imposed on Jair Messias Bolsonaro includes, obviously, the transmissions, relay or broadcast of audios, videos or transcripts of interviews in any of the third party social networking platforms, and the investigated may not be used to circumvent the measure, under penalty of immediate revocation and decree of prison,” said the arrest, ” Minister in the order.
Bolsonaro’s defense said he will appeal to the Supreme Court to ask for clarification on the restrictions imposed.
The former president has been in precautionary measures since Friday (18). He is prohibited from accessing social networks and talking to his son Eduardo, who is in the United States and.
The former president is also forced to wear an electronic anklet and cannot leave home at night and on weekends. Cannot keep in touch with other investigated or with representatives of foreign embassies.
The measures were imposed by Moraes after the PGR (Attorney General of the Republic) argue that they would be urgent to avoid a possible attempted Bolsonaro escape. The former president denies the intention to leave the country.
Portal Metrópoles announced on Monday that Bolsonaro canceled an interview it would give early afternoon. He would speak live, broadcast on social networks. According to the portal, the reason was the fear that the interview could configure non -compliance with precautionary measures.
Bolsonaro would also give a press conference with allied parliamentarians after a meeting in the House of Representatives in the afternoon. The meeting was scheduled to discuss the political strategy of opposition parties after the imposition of new US tariffs on Brazilian products and the revocation of STF ministers’ visas.
The interview was canceled. Bolsonaro, however, showed his electronic anklet to journalists and called the “symbol of maxim humiliation”: “Cowardice what they are doing with former President of the Republic. Let’s face everything and everyone. What goes for me is the law of God.”
Doubts about the reach of Moraes’s decision also raised questions, even among STF members about the minister’s reaction to this specific episode. Bolsonaro gave no interview, but his statements were transmitted on social networks.
The PL leader in the House, Deputy Sostenes Cavalcante (RJ), said that the new order of Moraes is a symbol of “relative democracy” in Brazil. “Bolsonaro wanted to talk to the press, but for another order of censorship of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, preventively, his lawyers even recommended not talking to the press,” he said.
One of Bolsonaro’s leading allies, lawyer Fabio Wajngarten said the decision to ban Bolsonaro interviews is “completely unreasonable” and suggested that the Supreme hire a digital communication expert to update ministers about the current network ecosystem.
The prohibitions imposed by the minister are analyzed by the first class of the Supreme Court. The trial ends on Monday night.
There are most votes to endorse Moraes’s decision. Ministers Cristiano Zanin, Carmen Lúcia and Flávio Dino. Only the position of Minister Luiz Fux remains.
A majority part of the Supreme Court agrees with the new decisions of Moraes and takes the moment to defend the independence of the Brazilian judiciary against foreign interference. A minority wing, according to a minister’s report to Sheetbelieves that the obligation to wear anklet and Bolsonaro’s ban on interviews was unnecessary.
The former mendman gave interviews after being the target of the new precautionary measures imposed by the Supreme. He told the press when leaving the DF Penitentiary Secretariat, that the prohibitions represented a “supreme humiliation.”
The former president also stated that the intention of the process to which he responds-Bolsonaro after being convicted by the (Superior Electoral Court) for attacks and lies about the electoral system.
“Lula [PT]without me [na disputa]the election of anyone. Wins the election. He has the machine in hand, uses the machine, “he said.
Bolsonaro also gave interviews to Reuters news agency and BandNews TV. In one of them, the former president called Moraes a “dictator-man of Brazil” and said he had “deep respect for Trump.”
