The defense of () stated that the former president did not fail to comply with orders imposed by (Federal Supreme Court). The team also said they will appeal against this Monday (4).
On Sunday (3), during an amnesty acts to the defendants of the coup plot, Bolsonaro was present through videos shown by supporters or video calls. The former president was forbidden to use social networks, even through other third parties and, according to Moraes, failed to comply with previous decisions.
Lawyers Celso Vilardi, Paulo Amador da Cunha Bueno and Daniel Tesser said they were surprised by the decree of house arrest.
“It is worth remembering that in the last decision expressly stated that ‘at no time was Jair Messias Bolsonaro prohibited from giving interviews or giving speeches at public events.’ He strictly followed this determination,” the lawyers said.
Moraes forbade Bolsonaro visits, except from lawyers and authorized persons in the file, and vetoed the use of cell phones by the former president, directly or through others. The STF minister also stated that the breach of house arrest will result in the decree of pre -trial detention.
The decision was filled with press publications about acts and social networks.
“Acting unlawfully, defendant Jair Messias Bolsonaro went to protesters gathered in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, producing willful and consciously prefabricated material for their supporters to continue to try to coerce the Supreme Court and obstruct justice, so much so that the call with his son, Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro, was published on the Instagram platform,” Print of the publication.
The defense stated that participation in the demonstration does not characterize disrespect to the orders of Moraes.
“The phrase ‘Good afternoon, Copacabana. Good afternoon my Brazil. A hug to all. It is for our freedom. We are together’ can not be understood as breach of precautionary measure, or as a criminal act,” said the team of lawyers.
According to Moraes, however, the disrespect for the determined by him was obvious even because Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) excluded one of the publications he had done.
“The blatant disrespect for precautionary measures was so obvious that, repeating, the defendant’s own son, Senator Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro, decided to remove the post on his profile on the Instagram social network, with the purpose of omitting legal transgression.”
The dissemination of images or audios have, according to Moraes, the purpose of disrupting the progress of the process against Bolsonaro in the Supreme Court.
“Justice will not allow a defendant to make her foolish, thinking she will be unpunished by having political and economic power. Justice is the same for everyone. The defendant who deliberately breaks the precautionary measures – the second time – must suffer legal consequences,” said the minister.
