By () led family members and allies to increase pressure for house arrest and sparked comparisons with former president Fernando Collor and the man arrested on January 8 at the Papuda Penitentiary, Clériston Cunha, known as Clezão.
In parallel to the new request that will be presented by the defense to the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court), federal deputies are considering sending a series of requests to the president of the court, Edson Fachin.
A first letter was sent to Fachin this Tuesday (6) by federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), so that the president of the court can monitor decisions regarding Bolsonaro’s health situation. According to federal deputy Colonel Chrisóstomo (PL-RO), other parliamentarians should do the same in the coming days.
Bolsonarists claim that house arrest should be the new fight waged by the PL bench in Congress, along the lines of the campaign carried out in recent months for a broad amnesty.
“It’s very important that he goes home. It’s very clear the risk he runs of even dying”, says federal deputy Bia Kicis (PL-DF). “We can’t stay in this situation. That’s why the family and I have made this appeal: he needs to go home. A humanitarian prison. It’s a question of responsibility.”
The former president’s interlocutors have expressed discomfort with the medical team, which, in their opinion, has not corroborated the family’s statement that Bolsonaro is in fragile health.
According to this reading, it is the doctors, and not the family members, who have the credibility to attest to the risks of imprisonment at the PF headquarters for Bolsonaro’s health and, therefore, the arguments to support house arrest should come from these professionals.
On the contrary, to the frustration of the former president’s allies, the medical reports released during the recent hospitalizations, in the last week of December and also this Wednesday (7), indicated that Bolsonaro.
This Wednesday’s statement stated that imaging tests showed “slight densification of soft tissues in the right frontal and temporal region, resulting from the trauma, without the need for therapeutic intervention.”
Doctors are still complaining that Bolsonaro was discharged from the hospital on January 1st and, five days later, he had a new illness to the point of falling while trying to walk in the early hours of the morning.
According to Sheet has learned, Bolsonaro’s family, friends and lawyers have been advised to put pressure on the medical team so that care regarding the former president and communication to the press reflect the greater seriousness of the case.
From the point of view of Bolsonaro’s image, although there is criticism that exposing the fragility of his health status could diminish his political strength, the assessment of some of his allies is that there will be no loss in this sense, since the former president’s health problems are known and the need for treatment comes first.
After evaluating the former president this Wednesday, cardiologist Brasil Caiado said that the injury resulting from the fall “is not worrying”, but said that he is unable to be alone.
Bolsonaro’s family members also began to state that the Superintendence cell in the Federal District is “unhealthy”, due to humidity and constant noise from the central air conditioning.
The PF told Minister Alexandre de Moraes, from the STF, that there is no way to solve the problem.
“He doesn’t sleep. He says it’s torturous. It’s not the noise of the air conditioning in his room, it’s the noise of the central air conditioning, which makes it impossible for anyone to have a healthy life, even in solitary confinement”, says the former councilor (PL), the ex-president’s middle son.
“There are many strange situations happening that lead us to believe that the best situation at the moment is for him to be accompanied at home by his wife, his daughter, his family. It is probably an accident that will happen again and that leaves us completely distressed at this moment.”
The former first lady (PL) pointed out negligence on the part of the Federal Police, in light of this Tuesday’s episode and said that the claim that the former president would receive prompt care had fallen apart, even due to its location — next to one of the hospital sectors in .
Michelle also compared her husband’s situation with that of Collor, who is serving a sentence at home with an electronic ankle bracelet, as determined by Moraes.
“Not to minimize his health condition, but he was released because he has sleep apnea. My husband has other comorbidities,” said the former first lady in front of the hospital where Bolsonaro had undergone tests.
Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year prison sentence for attempting a coup d’état in a room at the PF headquarters in Brasília. When he was under house arrest, he had a soldering iron.
