The former president () canceled this Tuesday (23) the interview he was going to give to . He justified the decision on health grounds.
“I inform you that I will not be giving an interview on this date, for health reasons”, says the handwritten note published by the media outlet.
The interview had been authorized by the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) last Thursday (18). The recording should be made on December 23rd, between 11 am and 12 pm, with a maximum duration limit of one hour. The former president himself had chosen the press vehicle with which he would speak.
The decision to grant the interview caused a division in the former president’s family, and also in his circle of political allies. Some of those people close to Bolsonaro stated that he had nothing to gain from public statements at this time.
According to , the former first lady and the former president’s lawyers took a stand against the possibility of him giving the interview, in yet another split in the family.
The senator was in favor of the conversation, with the expectation that the father could confirm that.
An ally privately assesses that the interview would shine a spotlight on Bolsonaro at a time when attention is focused on .
The report that he had sought out the president of the Central Bank to talk about the sale of , , increased the demands on the magistrate. Moraes and the BC state that there were meetings to discuss the effects of the Magnitsky Act sanctions.
visited the former president this Tuesday, shortly before the announcement of the cancellation of the interview. She arrived at 8:55 am and left the place at 9:35 am, without speaking to the press.
Visits to the unit can take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, between 9am and 11am.
Last Thursday, Moraes, who is the rapporteur of the coup plot at court, went to see her husband.
Jair Bolsonaro, 70, will undergo surgery in the next few days, in addition to complementary interventions. The procedure.
Bolsonaro’s lawyers asked this Tuesday that the former president, on December 24th, and perform the surgery on the holiday date, December 25th.
Experts also recommended “phrenic nerve block” to treat Bolsonaro’s hiccups, resulting from complications from the stab wound he suffered in 2018.
