The former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro juggled this Wednesday in front of the Federal Police (PF) to rule out any responsibility in the attacks by his followers against the three powers of the State in Brasilia, last january 8. The three hours of interrogation were summarized by his lawyer Paulo Cunha Bueno in a single and self-indulgent explanation: the former Army captain, investigated by the courts as a Intelectual author of the 8E that shook Brazil, said through his lawyer that posted by mistake on Facebook the video of an ultra-rightist who questioned the transparency of the electoral system, a few hours after the failed coup attempt.
Bolsonaro, his lawyer also said, uploaded these images with incendiary texts to his social network account, typical of his statements prior to the contest in which he was defeated by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, when, strictly speaking, he wanted to send them to his WhatsApp file to view later. That video suggested that Lula’s victory would not have been possible without the services of the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
According to the Brazilian media, the investigators also wanted to hear Bolsonaro’s explanations about his possible participation in the call “minute of the coup“, a document found in the house of the former Minister of Justice of his government Anderson Torres, who last January served as Secretary of Security of Brasilia. The material was seized by the Federal Police during the investigations after 8E. Torres He is under arrest His defense requested house arrest for psychiatric problems.
Alexandre de Moraes, minister of the STF, ordered Bolsonaro’s presence at the police headquarters following a request submitted by the Attorney General’s Office, and a few hours after the highest court decided the opening of Criminal proceedings against 100 of the 1,390 Bolsonaristas who have been involved in the attacks. They are accused of violating the rule of law and being part of a criminal gang.
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This is the second time that the former captain has appeared before investigators since he returned to Brazil after spending almost three months in the United States. On April 5, Bolsonaro was questioned about the scandal of the Saudi jewels that he tried to turn into personal heritage. In turn, the former president is expected to respond to his inaction in the face of the coup camps set up in front of the Army headquarters in various Brazilian cities while he governed and up to 8E itself. In addition, the electoral Prosecutor’s Office has requested his disqualification for eight years from holding elected positions, considering that he abused his power as president by questioning the transparency of the electoral system.
In this context, Congress has created a commission of inquiry (CPI) of the coup events, but with the significant participation of the ultra-right. For Ranier Bragon, a columnist for the São Paulo newspaper ‘Folha’, although Bolsonaro is no longer president, “his legacy is still alive”, as proven by the ICC itself, where it is intended to “propose the shameless thesis that they were not the ones who obstructed the Army headquarters with coup plotters after years of meticulous anti-democratic preaching, nor did they move them towards the coup. There would be a hidden subject behind the plot, and look, it is the current Government”. Bolsonarismo is preparing to fight on all fronts. Kassio Nunes Marques, who arrived at the STF in 2020, at the hands of the then president, also minimized this Wednesday the coup nature of the camp set up in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.