The president of (Supreme Federal Court), said on Thursday (11) that was a watershed and without political persecution.
“No one leaves today happy today, but we must fulfill the missions that life gives us with courage and serenity,” said the minister.
“I believe we are ending the cycles of the backwardness of Brazilian history. I am convinced that some misunderstandings of today will become recognition in the future,” he added.
Barroso made the statements in the last minutes of the session of the first class of the court that condemned () and seven other defendants for architecting a plan at the end of 2022 to prevent the inauguration of the then -elected president, (PT), and perpetuate himself in power.
The former president was sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison for attempted coup. It is the first time in the history of the country that a former president is. A.
Bolsonaro was also considered guilty by armed criminal organization, abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, damage qualified to public assets and deterioration of listed heritage.
They were convicted of the same criminal types, to penalties of 2 to 26 years, the other seven defendants of the so-called crucial core of the case, all former heal of high positions in the former president’s government.
It was also applied the ineligibility of 8 years to all convicts, from the end of the penalty. Bolsonaro was already prevented from running elections by 2030 due to convictions for abuse of power in the Electoral Court. With this Thursday’s conviction, it is ineligible until 2060.
