Members of the government () and allies of the president in the Congress of (), this Saturday (22), further undermine the image of the former president.
They also recognize that the episode could have impacts on Congress, with the potential for the opposition to obstruct votes. Pressure from the right is also on the radar, although government officials point out that it could make this articulation difficult.
Bolsonaro was preventively arrested in the morning, at . He is superintendent of the Federal Police in Brasília.
When determining the arrest, the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) cited Bolsonaro’s electronics in the early hours of the morning, and one called by the senator (PL-RJ), eldest son of the former president.
After trying to open the monitoring device, members of the government and Lula’s allies in Congress once again defended the legality of the arrest, criticized those who spoke of “exaggerations” in Moraes’ decision and praised the work of the Justice Department.
According to reports, government supporters are expected to exploit the video to undermine the image of the former president and his allies, reinforcing the narrative that Bolsonaro planned to flee the country — which could also generate criticism from supporters of the former chief executive.
even more so with this evidence, and reinforces the polarization between left and right. The leader of the PT in the Chamber, (RJ), told Sheet that the video “demoralizes” the arguments of those who criticized and spoke of exaggerations in the former president’s preventive detention.
“Unbelievable, the video demoralizes any argument from those who criticized the arrest, speaking in exaggeration of Minister Alexandre de Moraes. He confesses everything, it is an escape attempt”, he states.
Minister Guilherme Boulos (General Secretariat of the Presidency) adopted a similar line in a post on social media. “Does anyone still think he wouldn’t try to escape? That the arrest was ‘for no reason’?”, he wrote.
On the other hand, Lula’s allies recognize that the arrest could have consequences for day-to-day life in Congress, with the threat of the opposition obstructing legislative work. Furthermore, the episode occurs at a time when the leadership of the Chamber and the , and the prison could further strain the relationship between the three Powers.
In August, a group of Bolsonaro deputies reacted to Bolsonaro’s. The leader of the PL, (RJ), told reporters this Saturday morning that he would mobilize the opposition to obstruct the Chamber. He did not answer, however, whether this movement could lead to a new occupation of the Board.
Furthermore, government supporters recognize that there will be increased pressure from Bolsonaro supporters on the president of the Chamber (Republicans-PB) so that he can draft a bill on the dosimetry of sentences. The project’s rapporteur, Paulinho da Força (Solidariedade-SP), said that the prison “facilitates the negotiation of dosimetry”. He denies a broad pardon.
In the opinion of government officials interviewed by the report, the progress of this issue at this time, and even the government, which is directly opposed to the assessment of the matter.
An ally of the PT member in Congress says that the moment demands that government members embark on a political clash with the Bolsonaro group and return to defending the role of Brazilian institutions in this process. He states that what he classifies as contradictions of Bolsonarism will become evident from now on and that the Executive needs to explore them.
He also says that Bolsonaro’s preventive detention could take the issue of public security out of the focus of the debate.
