Former president is part of the scammer’s ‘crucial core’, as the group of eight defendants is called which, according to PGR, played command functions in an attempted institutional rupture
The trial of the former president (PL) in the criminal action for attempted coup d’état is scheduled for September. The First Class of (STF) plans to reserve the five Tuesdays of the month for the trial of the “crucial core” of the coup plot, as the group of eight defendants is called that, according to (PGR), performed command functions in an attempt to break institutional.
The former president is one of the defendants of the nucleus, as well as former ministers of his management and high-ranking military personnel. According to the PGR complaint, “the main decisions of them were from the attempted institutional rupture. In addition to Bolsonaro, they are defendants of the Center (former Minister of Defense and Civil House) (former Minister of the Institutional Security Office) (former director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency) (former Minister of Justice) (former Navy Commander) (former Defense Minister) and (former Presidential Orders).
The criminal action against the “crucial core” is in the presentation stage of the final allegations of the defenses. As a whistleblower, Mauro Cid had priority to present his latest considerations and referred the document to the Court on Wednesday, July 29.
The PGR has called for Bolsonaro’s conviction for five crimes that, added up, may reach 43 years in prison. According to the prosecutor, Jair Bolsonaro was the leader of the criminal organization who tried the coup. The then president was the “main articulator, greatest beneficiary and author of the most serious executory acts aimed at the breakdown of the Democratic Rule of Law”. “In the exercise of the highest position of the Republic, he instrumentalized the state apparatus and operated on an intentional way, a persistent scheme of attack on public institutions and the succession process,” said the prosecutor in order to convict the eight defendants of the crucial nucleus.
The first class of the Supreme Court is formed by five of the eleven court magistrates. In addition to, rapporteur of the criminal action for attempted coup, are part of the Flávio Dino class, Cármen Lúcia, Luiz Fux and Cristiano Zanin, president of the board.
Bolsonaro is under house arrest due to repeated breach of precautionary measures, according to Moraes. Since July 18, the former president has been submitted to five precautionary measures, including prohibition of use of social networks, including through third parties. This Sunday (3), he appeared in a video posted on the senator’s profile (PL-RJ). The publication was removed. Earlier, the former president had already breached the precautionary when speaking to supporters in the House. Moraes decreed the former president’s house arrest on Monday (4).
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Nicolas Robert
