Arrested in Brasília, the former president spent the last seven days hospitalized to treat a hiccups crisis and underwent four surgeries, being discharged this Thursday (1)
(PL) son of the former president criticized the decision of the Minister of of not allowing house arrest for the former president, who has been imprisoned in Brasília since November 2025. “What is taking place in Brazil is not the strict application of the law, but a repeated exercise of abuse of power, concentrated in the hands of a minister who, for a long time, exceeded any acceptable limit in a State of Law”, wrote Carlos in X, without citing Moraes directly.
“The decisions taken by this guy not only violate basic constitutional guarantees, they also deliberately expose Jair Bolsonaro to real, physical and human risks,” he added. Imprisoned in Brasília, Bolsonaro spent the last seven days hospitalized to treat a hiccups crisis.
“Brazil cannot be governed by personalistic decisions, without effective contradiction, without limits and without responsibility”, continued Carlo in the post, ending with a message dedicated to his father. “Keep it up, Father!”
“The stay of this patient in a prison establishment, as soon as he is discharged from hospital, would put him at a concrete risk of sudden worsening of his health condition”, says the petition.
In September, the STF sentenced the former president to 27 years in prison for leading a frustrated plan to stay in power, after losing the elections to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), in 2022. Bolsonaro, 70 years old, underwent surgery on December 25 for an inguinal hernia and then underwent a procedure against his recurring bouts of hiccups.
It must be said clearly: what is taking place in Brazil is not the rigorous application of the law, but a repeated exercise of abuse of power, concentrated in the hands of a minister who, for a long time, exceeded any acceptable limit in a Rule of Law. The decisions…
— Carlos Bolsonaro (@CarlosBolsonaro)
