The Brazilian government has asked for an investigation into the former President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro. because of an alleged coup attempt. The decision came after the discovery of a draft decree at the home of former Attorney General Anderson Torres that would presume the result of the October election won by Lula to be overturned. “The arrest of Torres is inevitable, now it is necessary to investigate the involvement of former President Bolsonaro and take the necessary measures for crimes against the democratic rule of law,” said Senate Majority Leader Randolfe Rodrigues.
This was stated by Justice Minister Flavio Dino there was a “chain” of “coup” events These include trying to ignore the outcome of the 2022 election and last Sunday’s attack on the powerhouse in Brasilia. Torres, currently in the US, justified himself by saying that the document found in his home was “shredded” and the allegations against him were taken out of “context” in order to harm him. Torres, who has an arrest warrant out, has already announced through his lawyer that he intends to return to Brazil to turn himself in.
there draft regulation found by federal police during a search of Torres’ house, predicted the establishment by Bolsonaro of a “state of defense” at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) since he was still President of the Republic: this is what emerges from the revelations unveiled by the media outlets. The state of defense is regulated in Article 136 of the Constitution. The mechanism allows the President to intervene in “restricted and specific places” to “maintain or promptly restore public order or social peace threatened by serious and imminent institutional disruption or affected by major natural disasters.” the Text would aim to reverse the result of the presidential election, won by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. One of Torres’ lawyers, Rodrigo Roca, told CNN Brasil that the document in question was not written by the former minister. “It’s one of many daily writings from the people that are going to the attorney general and to me as the national consumer minister to make some sort of proposal to the president,” Roca said.
The Brazilian government announced this next week he will ask the United States to extradite Torres. “Mr Anderson Torres announced he would appear but that has not happened and as there is an arrest warrant we will wait until Monday and then request his extradition,” Justice Minister Flavio Dino said today. Torres was appointed Minister of Public Security for Brasilia in December and is accused of failing to attack the powerhouses in Brasilia by radical Bolsonaro supporters.
Revoke Bolsonaro’s visa
A group of 46 US deputies sent a letter to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, demanding the revocation of the visa used by the former Brazilian President to enter the country: the news, published by the Washington Post, was reported in the main Brazilian media. Bolsonaro would be Enter Florida (where he has been on vacation since December 30 last year) with an A-1 visa, intended for politicians and diplomats on official missions. However, the former head of state lost the right to the document on January 1, 2023, when the new Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office.
“We believe that since entering the United States while he was still President of Brazil, Bolsonaro may have done so on an A-1 visa reserved for individuals or diplomats on official visits. We ask you to reassess their status in the country to ensure there is a legal basis for his stay and to revoke any type of diplomatic visa he may have had,” the document sent to Biden reads. Lawmakers who signed the letter include Joaquin Castro and Gregory W. Meeks, the latter chairman of the International Affairs Committee until January this year, when Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives State Department spokesman Ned Price was questioned Monday in his daily news briefing on the Bolsonaro in the US and said he could not comment on the former president’s case because the information is confidential, the government official stressed those who lose their official visas and are still in the United States must “leave the country or apply for a change in migrant status within 30 days“.