The new offensive for the (Federal Supreme Court) to grant house arrest to the former president () had the participation of Flávio and the governor of São Paulo, (Republicans), the Bolsonarist bench in Congress and even court ministers.
Politicians and lawyers interviewed by the report say that the chance that the minister will respond to the appeals this time is more concrete. Bolsonaro was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup d’état and, after beginning to serve his sentence at the Federal Police superintendency, he was transferred to the unit known as Papudinha, in the DF, in January.
Moraes asked Bolsonaro’s medical team for information about the former president’s health this Wednesday (18). In response, doctors reiterated information from daily medical bulletins and, for now, there is no assessment as to whether or not he should be transferred home.
In addition to the union of efforts, it is seen as a new convincing factor. The former president caused bacterial aspiration of vomit as a result of constant hiccups. His medical team classified the condition as serious.
Bolsonaro’s allies also claim that Moraes’ weakening with the case could contribute to him deciding in favor of Bolsonaro.
According to this reasoning, Moraes fears being affected by the investigations that target, since his wife was hired by the Master’s defense, and will seek to maintain a bridge of dialogue and negotiation with Flávio, since he is with (PT) in the polls and could be elected president.
An argument used by politicians and other ministers alongside Moraes is that an eventual death of Bolsonaro would be seen politically as the minister’s responsibility. Transfer to house arrest, on the contrary, would alleviate this accusation.
The senator’s interlocutors claim that Moraes demonstrated that he enjoyed Flávio’s visit on Tuesday (17), when Bolsonaro’s eldest son reinforced his request for a home stay.
It was the same report made after Michelle’s first meeting with the minister, in January. As shown by Sheetto ask that Bolsonaro serve his sentence at home.
According to the former president’s allies, Michelle wants to have the opportunity to personally tell the magistrate that Bolsonaro cannot be left alone at night due to the risk of bronchoaspiration. She also wants to report to Moraes that, according to the medical team, if he had been rescued about an hour later, the former president could have died.
Bolsonaro’s current hospitalization. At least two ministers close to Moraes are dedicated to this convincing effort, which began last year. In the words of one of them, the transfer became a humanitarian issue.
Furthermore, three other ministers reported to the Sheet that at other times, the last one during Carnival, colleagues have spoken to Moraes about the topic. Some even say that if they had been rapporteurs they would have granted the measure.
The concern is how much a worsening of Bolsonaro’s condition could impact the court’s already shaken image. In addition to the rapporteur himself, the issue could affect the entire Supreme Court and members more broadly.
The proximity of the election period is another element calculated by this wing. In the opinion of these magistrates, the court may not be able to get out of the political spotlight without this — even though other matters have increased political attention on the court once again.
Thus, at least half of the ministers already understand that the best option would be to let Bolsonaro serve his sentence at home.
This Thursday, from the former president. The governor had meetings with ministers Moraes, Luiz Fux, Gilmar Mendes, Cristiano Zanin and Edson Fachin, president of the court.
Tarcísio traveled to Brasília to deal with the trial of an action that calls for the suspension of the privatization of Sabesp, but, at least with Moraes, he also dealt with house arrest and had a positive impression of the conversation.
In January, after the meeting with Michelle and Bolsonaro’s transfer to Papudinha, there was an expectation that the minister would finally decide on domicile. But the explosion of the Master case, with the mention of the minister’s wife, combined with attacks by Bolsonarists on Moraes, would have made any agreement unfeasible. With hospitalization, the possibility of decreeing home care returns to the table.
On another front, they signed a request sent this Wednesday to Moraes to press for house arrest.
The request for Bolsonaro to leave Papudinha, headed by Gustavo Gayer (PL-GO), has the signature of dozens of congressmen from the former president’s party, but also has the support of names from other parties, such as PSD, PP, MDB, União Brasil and Republicans.
On Tuesday, Bolsonaro’s defense presented a new request for humanitarian house arrest to the Supreme Court, under the argument that there was a worsening of Bolsonaro’s health, which resulted in his hospitalization.
The lawyers cite that the emergency hospitalization demonstrates a worsening of Bolsonaro’s clinical condition and that Papudinha is “absolutely incompatible with the preservation of his health and physical integrity”, which could lead to fatal complications.
