The Attorney General of the Republic, spoke out against granting house arrest to the former president. The opinion was forwarded to the minister of the (Supreme Federal Court).
According to Gonet, the court’s jurisprudence only provides for home care for occasions when “indispensable medical treatment cannot be offered in the custody unit”, which is not the case with Bolsonaro.
“The battalion has 24-hour medical assistance and an advanced Samu unit,” wrote the attorney general, referring to the structure of the 19th Military Police Battalion, called Papudinha, where the former president is serving his sentence.
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