Surprised by the pre-trial detention of () on Monday (4), allies of the former president rushed to sympathize on social networks and to evaluate the demonstrations of members of his political group-where Bolsonaro fidelity is a constant test.
PL President Valdemar Costa Neto, for example, was the target of criticism; While (Republicans), governor of, who was in the target of allies for lacking Sunday’s demonstration (3), was praised for rapid video positioning.
Bolsonaro’s surroundings also made a motto measure to reinforce the persecution thesis that was already being defended. They claim that the episode demonstrates that Bolsonaro is a victim. Within this picture, they say fear of the health condition of the former president.
His allies claim to be concerned about his intestinal picture, which worsened last week, with episodes of sobs. It has improved over the weekend, but claim that it is fearful that it gets worse now, with the stress of house arrest.
Moreover, they think Bolsonaro can develop a depression attached to home, as they say it occurred in 2022, when they lost the election. The former president likes to travel and surround himself with supporters, and had a habit of maintaining home and offices full.
Now, only those who live in the residence can attend it. The others need Moraes authorization to see him. There is doubt about whether Bolsonaro employees are entitled to be a former president, they could attend the house-a height assesses petitioning to the STF to answer this doubt.
On another front, he has received support from parliamentarians, who now try to confront Congress, and politicians, through public demonstrations.
The first note of the PL president was reserved and public criticism. “I’m uncomfortable !!!!! What else can I say?” He said after the news about house arrest.
Bolsonaro interlocutors found the note meaningless, showing fear of critically positioning themselves. Deputy Gustavo Gayer (PL-GO) responded to the publication, classifying it as “imbecile”.
“What is the most stupid note this ???? For God’s sake,” he said at X.
After the criticism, Valdemar deleted the publication and made a new one. “President Bolsonaro’s arrest order, one day after the popular demonstrations (to which Bolsonaro did not attend), sounds like a desire to silence a good part of the Brazilian population that, peacefully, as the Constitution authorizes, went to the streets to protest, as allows a democratic regime,” he said.
The text also said that the measure “woes the spirits” and passes “a feeling of exaggeration in the course of the inquiry, even before any condemnation.”
A wing of Bolsonaro’s interlocutors celebrated the change of tone, but another still found it insufficient.
“It does not direct the mistakes of the STF and,” said Pastor Silas Malafaia.
He was also critical of the tone adopted by Governor Tarcisio de Freitas. “I’ll tell you, if he [Tarcísio] Make a manifestation and give clear names, I compliment it. His subjectivities have to name the oxen at this crucial hour, where Alexandre de Moraes passed from all the limits, “he complained.
Despite the pastor’s criticism, the video released by the governor of São Paulo, which classifies the arrest as absurd, was praised by Bolsonaro interlocutors. He was being filed after missing the act of last Sunday – and not publishing anything about the demonstration.
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), for example, classified as “Great Strategic Error” the absence of right-wing governors-Caiado (União Brasil), from Goiás, Ratinho Jr (PSD), Paraná, and Romeu Zema (Novo), from Minas Gerais, also did not attend.
But the reaction on Monday cooled the spirits. It was seen as fast and in the correct tone. Although he did not directly cite the STF or Moraes, Tarcisio criticized the decision and indicated that it would be undemocratic.
“The arrest of Jair Bolsonaro is absurd. The truth is that Bolsonaro was tried and convicted long before all of this begins. An attempted coup that did not happen, a crime that did not exist and accusations that no one can prove,” he said.
“Is it worth ending democracy under the pretext of saving it? Is it not clear that we are advancing on individual guarantees? It’s past time for institutions to take initiatives to unleash the crisis,” he added.
