The minister of the (Federal Supreme Court) determined this Thursday (16) that the (Union Public Defender’s Office) take over the defense of the federal deputy (PL-SP).
The (Attorney General’s Office) for coercing Brazilian authorities, with the support of the US government, against the former president (PL) for the .
The summons of the Defender’s Office occurred after the deadline for Eduardo to present his defense prior to the accusation had expired. The parliamentarian decided that he would not appoint a lawyer in the Supreme Court case without being physically summoned to open the case.
The DPU will have 15 days to present the parliamentarian’s preliminary defense.
The head of the body, , told Sheet in an interview on October 1st that the Public Defender’s Office, if notified, would take over Eduardo’s defense without embarrassment. “The work of the Public Defender’s Office is to provide broad contradictory defense. This is our obligation, our constitutional duty,” he said.
“The case will be analyzed, distributed to an advisor and we will conduct it, as we do with any other case, any other person, because the law determines that it is the Union Public Defender’s Office that has to act in the Supreme Court”, he added.
Moraes decided on September 29 to continue the criminal case against Eduardo Bolsonaro without personal notification. The minister understood that the deputy, in the United States, created difficulties in being notified by the Brazilian courts.
For this reason, Eduardo was notified by notice — official communication of the complaint through publication in the Electronic Justice Gazette.
“In addition to expressly declaring that he is in foreign territory to evade the application of criminal law, the accused Eduardo Nantes Bolsonaro’s knowledge of the conduct attributed to him in the complaint offered in these files is also unequivocal, about which he also expressed himself through a note published on the social network X (formerly Twitter)”, said Moraes in the decision.
According to him, there is no doubt that “the accused, even though he maintains his domicile in the national territory, is creating difficulties in being notified”.
Notification by notice may create an impasse for the DPU. The first step will be to seek contact with Eduardo, so that the defender can talk to him and seek useful information for the previous defense.
If contact is difficult, the Public Defender’s Office will need to decide whether to present the petition with Eduardo’s defense within 15 days. In previous cases, the body refused to present its position, arguing that a prior defense without the participation of the accused would be a mere formality.
In the case of , also accused by the PGR for acting in the United States, Moraes decided to send a letter rogatory through international legal cooperation for notification. The Bolsonarista has lived abroad for ten years.
The minister ordered that the case against the duo be disbanded. In this way, he seeks to ensure that the complaint against Eduardo is first analyzed by the Supreme Court, while international cooperation on the accusation against Figueiredo is being processed.
