The judicial vice is tightening on Jair Bolsonaro. The prosecution charged on Tuesday the former president of Brazil and 33 other suspects for an alleged project of “coup d’etat” aimed at preventing the return to power of his successor Lula after the 2022 election.
The former head of state (2019-2022) and the 33 other suspects are “accused of having prompted and performed acts contrary to the three powers and the rule of democratic law,” said the Brazilian prosecution in a press release.
The army would not have followed
According to justice, this alleged conspiracy “had as leaders the president (Bolsonaro) and his candidate for the vice-presidency, who combined with other individuals, civilians and soldiers, tried to prevent, in a coordinated manner, that the result of the 2022 presidential election is applied ”. “The investigations revealed (that the coup d’etat plan) envisaged until the death of the president and the vice-president elected, as well as a judge of the Supreme Court. This plan had the consent of the president “Bolsonaro.
This charge is based on an investigation report from the federal police, according to which the former president of Brazil “planned (…) and took part directly” to this alleged coup d’etat project. This project did not succeed “because of circumstances going against his will”, in particular the lack of support of the main Brazilian army, according to this 800 -page report with evidence united during two years of investigation.
A “last attempt” took place on January 8, during the riots of Brasilia, when thousands of Bolsonarists ransacked the places of power in Brasilia, a week after the inauguration of Lula, underlined the prosecution. They were “encouraged” by the ex-president and the other members of the alleged conspiracy.
Bolsonaro says he is the victim of “persecution” political
Jair Bolsonaro, 69, has always proclaimed his innocence, claiming to be a political “persecution”. “I am not at all worried about these accusations,” he said to journalists on Tuesday, after a lunch with opposition leaders in Brasilia.
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Forbidden to leave Brazil since February, the ex-president is ineligible until 2030 for disinformation on the electronic urns system used during the last ballot. However, he hopes to have this conviction canceled to present himself to the presidential election in 2026, against Lula whose popularity is at half mast, according to a survey published last week by the DataFolha Reference Institute.
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