Governor of Minas Gerais, (Novo), was the first among the right-wing governors of () to speak upon, determined on Monday (4).
“Another dark chapter in the history of political persecution of. Now has put Bolsonaro in house arrest for having his voice heard on networks,” Zema wrote on his social networks.
The Supreme Court (STF) minister Alexandre de Moraes justified the determination alleging the imposed on July 18, when the former president was forced to put an electronic anklet and forbidden to wear social networks.
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 ban also applied to the use of networks through other people.
“It is the democracy of silence. The democracy of fear. All my solidarity with the president and his family,” Zema said.
Zema has already made himself available to a candidate for the presidency of the Republic in 2026 and will launch his pre-candidacy later this month. The governor has made several nods to Bolsonaro with an eye on the votes of the former president, who is ineligible and had been charged by allies close to the former president for being absent from Sunday’s demonstrations.
