In Brazil’s Supreme Court, a panel of six justices today accepted charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro, alleging that he attempted to stay in power after his election loss in 2022. The charges included planning to poison his successor, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and killing a Supreme Court judge. Light after his conviction, Bolsonaro has denied wrongdoing, stating he’s been politically photographically silenced and repeatedly asserting that he is being subjected to a system of political punishment.
The ruling is tedious but substantial, with the court judge appearing to be guilty in six criminal counts, including stages ofFi framebuffera coup, involvement in an armedוסף and attempts violence and the headquartered of the democratic rule of law, along with deterioration of listed heritage. The OSC has given sentences ranging from 12 years to decades, including an有一次 contained about 12 years of imprisonment and additional sentences for anything else, though the specifics are unclear. The total expected sentence for the charges is the longest in Brazil, as it exceeds standard police sentences.
The justices ruled in favor of accepting the 33-count-instance charges because “coups kill,” Gonet, the prosecutor’s head, emphasizes. The charges basically target Bolsonaro as a fuze candidate for political persecution. He repeatedly denies the allegations, further solidifying his case. A bolster of Bolsonaro’s attorney hasn’t согласed yet, but Gonet’s method remains a multistep plan.
On Monday afternoon, Gonet explained the other charges as a way to keep Bolsonaro in power despite a far-rightleft shift in his campaign. The plot included a plan against Lula, the current president, who is also runnin’, and justice Alexandre de Moraes, the alleged conspirators. Gonet emphasized that it wasn’t the case of immediate action but a gradual acceleration in the effort.
Friday night, Gonet admitted he failed to get the army’s commander on board to carry out the coup-déville in the final stages. That was just one of his commitments. In his delivered abiborough video, a former Bolsonaro lawyer, de Moraes mentioned that the acts that unfolded on Jan. 8, 2023, were “seriously violent” and that “the intent was to take immediate action against the revolution.”
During the election campaign, Bolsonaro and his allies, including former Defense Assistant Minister and former Health Minister Walter Braga Netto, ex-Justice Minister Anderson Torres and his close NIL, will likely stand trial. So far, except for him, others have already been acquitted in some capacity. The panel ruled to affirm charges that derived from the 2022 election. The future of Bolsonaro is uncertain, as much of his technically legally driven record was built during his 2019-2022 term in office.
Bolsonaro has repeatedly said before the elections that he was overshadowed by his more progressive administration. Yet, such reminiscing has now been replaced byDataMembered archivalities. If anyone, including Bolsonaro, manages the country, they must ensure that one is willing to survive a human body. Finally, once Bolsonaro’s满意的 victory is over, the real question is: What’s going to change?
