The former first lady left the (Supreme Federal Court) minister’s office on Monday (23) confident that the magistrate would make a decision to send Jair Bolsonaro (PL) home — an expectation that was fulfilled the following day.
Moraes to the former president after hearing appeals from STF colleagues, politicians and the former first lady herself.
Michelle left and, upon leaving the meeting, reported to allies that she felt the magistrate was more sensitive to the demand to send Bolsonaro home. It was the second meeting between them this year to discuss the former president’s arrest.
People close to the former first lady claim that she left confident, even without any commitment from Moraes. Michelle described the conversation as good, said that the minister was polite and that the second meeting was .
At the meeting, Moraes told Michelle that he had received many from the former president and would give special attention to the request for humanitarian house arrest.
According to Michelle said in conversations, the minister asked if the best thing for Bolsonaro was to be stuck at home or in the so-called Papudinha, where he had medical assistance 24 hours a day. Michelle responded that, for her, the best path for her husband was house arrest.
Bolsonaro has been admitted to a private hospital in Brasília since the 13th after falling ill at the 19th Military Police Battalion of the DF, known as Papudinha, where he is serving a sentence for an attempted coup d’état.
The former president was diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia due to bronchoaspiration. The medical team stated this Wednesday (25) that he was . From the hospital, you will go straight home.
Michelle was received by Moraes in his office at the STF in January. At the time, the former first lady attributed the episode in which Bolsonaro with a soldering iron, in November, to the effect of medication.
The former first lady spoke and said that Bolsonaro would not have touched the ankle bracelet if she had been at home at the time.
Monday’s meeting. According to the former president’s allies, the former first lady wanted the opportunity to personally tell the magistrate that Bolsonaro cannot be left alone at night due to the risk of bronchoaspiration.
Leaders from the center and the right assess that, at home, Bolsonaro will have his eldest son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), as president, as he is more comfortable and can talk to him daily.
The expectation is that the former first lady will too, as only she, the former president’s two daughters and doctors will have unrestricted access to the house.
Flávio became his father’s lawyer in the process. Moraes decided that lawyers will be able to visit the former president every day of the week for a maximum of 30 minutes and with prior appointment. The children (a condition that also includes Flávio) will be able to access the house on Wednesdays and Saturdays for two hours.
Although the offensive for Bolsonaro’s transfer also involved the senator and other politicians, such as the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), the former first lady emerged stronger from the episode, with a conciliatory image, according to parliamentarians.
Flávio met with Moraes on the 17th alongside lawyer Paulo Cunha Bueno. The senator said that the conversation with the minister was objective and served to expose all concerns related to the father’s health status.
According to a report from the Federal District Military Police custody unit, the doctor on duty at Bolsonaro’s Papudinha before his transfer to the DF Star hospital on March 13th.
In the second, the PGR (Attorney General’s Office) registered the case by the defense.
“In the opinion of the Attorney General’s Office, the need for house arrest is confirmed, providing the necessary care for full-time monitoring of the health status of the former president, who is demonstrably subject to sudden and unpredictable harmful changes from one moment to the next,” he wrote.
