In a statement given to the Civil Police of the Federal District (PCDF), former president Jair Bolsonaro admitted that he kept a firearm in his home during house arrest. The former head of the Executive justified the possession of weapons by stating that “I had three women at home and I couldn’t be unarmed”.
The statement appears in the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), published this Wednesday (24), which gave .
Bolsonaro is serving a prison sentence 27 years and three months in prison in a humanitarian home regime. According to the Criminal Execution Law (LEP), the improper possession of an instrument capable of offending the physical integrity of third parties can be configured as serious misconduct. If the infraction is confirmed, Bolsonaro may lose the benefit of house arrest and return to the closed regimein addition to suffering the interruption of the period for regimen progression.
The investigation began after the in Taguatinga. The weapons were on the floor of an official vehicle driven by Estácio Leite da Silva Filho, a member of the Institutional Security Office (GSI).
Initially, the driver stated that the weapon was his, but later declared that the object belonged to Bolsonaro and who was in the vehicle to be taken for repair due to a mechanical failure. Ownership of the weapon in the former president’s name was confirmed by the Brazilian Army’s SIGMA system.
In his statement made on Tuesday (23), Bolsonaro confirmed that he is the owner of the weapon and that kept her at home. The former president’s defense informed the STF that the without the firing pin – the part that allows the shot -, removed for safety reasons.
Lawyers argue that there is no legal prohibition for him to keep weapons registered and justify the deactivation of the equipment due to the fact that Bolsonaro uses psychiatric medications that would affect your cognition.
What happens now?
In the decision, Minister Alexandre de Moraes highlighted that, before analyzing the possible practice of serious misconduct, it is necessary to guarantee full defense and contradictory proceedings. After demonstrations by the PGR and lawyers, the magistrate decide whether to maintain house arrest your regime regression.
Moraes also requested clarifications to the command of the 19th Battalion of the PMDFresponsible for custodial surveillance, regarding the search procedures in vehicles leaving the former president’s residence.
