former Navy Commander and one of the eight defendants judged by the Supreme Court (STF) by the coup plot, was the least quoted by the minister, rapporteur of the lawsuit, and by the Attorney General, on Tuesday (2), first day of.
The military is the only former chief of the defendants, responding for support for the coup conspiracy for allegedly having to follow the decree of the coup, as stated by colleagues, former army commander, and former chief of the Air Force.
Garnier was mentioned only once in Gonet’s speech on the occasion of the ministerial meeting of July 5, 2022, chaired by Bolsonaro, in which the Supreme Court and the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) “have become ostensible and priority targets of the attack.” It was when Bolsonaro would have demanded that the gifts replicate the ballot box’s vulnerability speech. Ministers were present, the three Armed Forces Commanders and other high government authorities.
In support on Tuesday, Demóstenes Torres, Admiral’s lawyer, said he was silent in the two meetings pointed out in the complaint on December 7 and 14, 2022. “There is no material element that indicates the consent of Almir Garnier to some coup plan,” he said.
For the PGR, General Freire Gomes and Lieutenant Baptist Junior were positioned “against the coup d’état conceived by the criminal organization, [mas] There is no doubt that Squad Admiral Almir Garnier Santos joined him. “
Already the 12 mentions to the military made by Alexandre de Moraes are references to the defendant’s own defense, since much of the speech of the rapporteur minister devoted to summarize the defense of the eight accused.
The names most mentioned by Moraes and Gonet were that of former President Bolsonaro, in the center of the plot, and. Among the defendants, Bolsonaro accounted for almost half of Gonet’s mentions (47%) and 28% of those made by Moraes. The speech of the Attorney General of the Republic lasted just over an hour, while Moraes’s almost an hour and 40 minutes.
“The group, led by the President and composed of Chaves Figures of the Government, the Armed Forces and intelligence bodies developed and implemented progressive and systematic plan of attack on democratic institutions in order to harm the legitimate alternation of power in the 2022 elections and undermine the free exercise of other constitutional powers, especially of the Judiciary,” said Gonet, noting that “especially former commanders of the Army,” said Gonet. and the Air Force confirmed that they were presented to them, on more than one occasion, minutes that decreed exception measures. “
Alexandre de Moraes cited the former president in a circumstantial way, reading the summary of each defense and the quotes of the PGR play. In his opening speech, there is no explicit mention of Bolsonaro’s name. He defended the impartiality and transparency of the Supreme, condemned the acts of January 8 and regretted the attempt to coup.
