02/26/2024 8:35 p.m. – UPDATED 02/26/2024 8:36 p.m
The Federal Police of Brazil will use the former president's statements this Sunday Jair Bolsonaro during a major demonstration as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to organize a coup, official sources reported on Monday.
Sources of the Federal Police confirmed Brazil Agency (officially) that they will use the far-right leader's speech in the investigation.
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This Sunday, Bolsonaro gathered tens of thousands of supporters Sao Paulo to defend himself against the investigation against him, which he described as a “persecution” against him.
Bolsonaro flatly denied that he had planned a coup against the president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho defeated him by a narrow margin of votes in the 2022 elections.
In his speech to his supporters, the right-wing extremist referred to evidence contained in the police investigation into the alleged coup attempt: a draft decree declaring a state of siege.
Regarding this undated and unsigned document, Bolsonaro explained that it was “a mechanism protected by the Constitution” and stressed that “it was not ultimately activated by his government.”
The Minister of the Presidency, Rui Costasaid this Monday in statements in his personal capacity that Bolsonaro “confessed to the crime in front of a crowd” this Sunday.
In his speech, Bolsonaro also called on Parliament to adopt an amnesty law to benefit the 1,413 people who will be prosecuted for the acts of vandalism against the headquarters of the three powers committed on January 8, 2023, a week after Lula's inauguration .
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As a result of these events, 59 people have already been sentenced to prison terms of between 3 and 17 years for crimes such as coups, abolition of the democratic rule of law and damage to public property.
The right-wing extremist leader called for the demonstration on Sunday in response to the police operation he approved on February 8th Supreme Courtin which his passport was confiscated and he was banned from leaving the country, even though he was not accused of any crime.
Last Thursday, the former head of state was summoned to the police station to testify along with around twenty former collaborators, but exercised his right to remain silent.
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