That of the former president () and seven other defendants in the coup plot in the (Federal Supreme Court) will be resumed next Tuesday (9), from 9am, starting the
Sessions are planned on the 9th, 10th and 12th, when the decision is expected to read. On Tuesday, the trial will have the vote of the Rapporteur Minister ,. The forecast is to end at 19h. There will be lunch break.
Unlike in the first week, where, there is no limitation time for the manifestation of the ministers.
The second minister to vote will be, whose appointment is the most recent. Then they come, who exposed disagreements in previous steps of the case. , which is the dean of the class, will give the penultimate vote, and finally vote, president of the board.
On Wednesday (10), the session will be shorter, from 9am to 12pm. On Friday (12), when the decision will be read, the scheduled time is from 9am to 7pm, with lunch break.
What is the Bolsonaro trial time in the second week at the STF?
The STF sessions in the second week of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) and the other defendants in the coup plot start on Tuesday (9) and go until Friday (12), when the sentence will be read.
On the days when the trial runs from 9am to 7pm, two sessions are held, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There is lunch break. See dates and times:
- Tuesday (9), from 9am to 7pm
- Wednesday (10), from 9am to 12pm
- Friday (12), from 9am to 7pm
How will the order of the ministers’ vows in Bolsonaro trial?
The first to vote will be Moraes. Then it will be the turn of Flávio Dino, who is the latest nominee of the court. Following are the ministers Luiz Fux, who diverged from the referral of the action in the class, and Cármen Lúcia. The dean minister is the penultimate.
The last to give the vote is Minister Cristiano Zanin, president of the first class.
- Alexandre de Moraes
- Flávio Dino
- Luiz Fux
- Cármen Lúcia
- Cristiano Zanin
There is no time for a time for the speech of each of them, which can take hours. If any time adjustment is necessary, this request is debated among the ministers, who must report to the president of the class.
For the accused to be convicted, at least three ministers are required.
Who are the defendants of the coup plot in the Supreme Court?
The defendants to be tried in the coup plot for the first class of the STF are, in alphabetical order:
- Alexandre Ramagem, former director of Abin (Brazilian Intelligence Agency)
- Almir Garnier, former commander of the Navy
- Anderson Torres, former Minister of Justice and former Security Secretary of the Federal District
- Augusto Heleno, former minister of GSI (Institutional Security Office)
- Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil
- Mauro Cid, former Bolsonaro Order Assistant
- Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, former Minister of Defense
- Walter Braga Netto, former Minister of the Civil House and Defense
What are they accused of?
The defendants are being tried for five crimes: attempted violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, attempted coup d’état, participation in armed criminal organization, damage qualified by violence and serious threat and deterioration of listed heritage.
In the case of Alexandre Ramagem, director of ABIN (Brazilian Intelligence Agency) in the Bolsonaro government, part of the complaint related to facts that occurred after his diploma as a federal deputy in December 2022 is suspended until the end of his term. With this, he fails to respond for damage and deterioration of heritage.
How was the first week of judgment at the STF?
This first week of the coup plot trial, three sessions were held, two of them on Tuesday (2), morning and afternoon, and the last Wednesday (3) in the morning.
Tuesday’s session began with the report of the report by Minister Alexandre de Moraes. He stated that “pacification is not confused with cowardice” and that the Supreme judges without bending into internal or external pressures.
After Moraes, it was the turn of the (Attorney General of the Republic), to present the accusation. He reinforced everything he had pointed out against the eight defendants, including former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Gonet asked for convictions for the crimes. If the maximum penalty is applied, if they accept aggravating the complaints, Bolsonaro could take more than 40 years in prison.
Still on Tuesday, the defenses of Mauro Cid spoke, who denied coercion in his denunciation and asked to grant the benefits foreseen for the delegation; Alexandre Ramagem, who asked to disregard evidence of the parallel abin case; of Almir Garnier, who alleged acts as being exercise of freedom of expression; And by Anderson Torres, who said the former minister suffered “moral lynching.”
The fourth session (3) had four defenses, including and the general, pointed out as leaders of a possible criminal organization. Bolsonaro had two lawyers. Both his defense and Braga Netto used part of the time to attack the denunciation of.
There was also the oral argument of General Augusto Heleno’s lawyer, who claimed that his client had distanced herself from Bolsonaro and, therefore, was not accused that he participated in plans for scammer acts, and, who also sought the former president’s removal by saying that the minister was criticized for being “loose and watermelon”-gypely to designate the allegedly near the left. He also said that the general tried Demover Bolsonaro to carry on a coup plot.
What were the prominent moments of the trial?
Before reading the case report, Moraes made a speech read as a message to the international media, when saying
Another prominent moment was when the respect of the electronic ballot boxes. According to her, Brazil has always had auditable vote and printed vote does not mean the smoothness of the elections. “Repeated [conceitos de voto impresso e auditável] As if they were synonyms, and it is not. The process is widely auditable in Brazil, “he said.
Demostenes Torres, Guarnier’s lawyer, spent 21 minutes praising the ministers and then
Bolsonaro’s defense, with two lawyers in oral support, because there was a lack of time to analyze the evidence.
Augusto Heleno’s lawyer, Matheus Milanez, who viralized in June by asking Moraes time to “minimally dinner”, criticized the case by the minister and said that a magistrate cannot be an “inquisitor judge.”
Andrew Fernandes, lawyer of the former defense minister, starred in one, reciting excerpts from poems and alluding to literary works. These were times when the ministers even made jokes.
. Cármen Lúcia came to warn Fernandes on a point of her speech and Dino made corrections of dates mentioned by lawyers at times.
