He Supreme Court of Brazil He has unanimously agreed on Wednesday to impute the former president Jair Bolsonaro, Already seven of his allies for coupling attempt and crimes of rebellion. The Prosecutor’s Office of Brazil presented charges against the former president after the assault against the institutions on January 8, 2023 by a mob after the victory of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva In the 2022 elections. “There are reasonable evidence that supports the complaint,” said Judge Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the Supreme case, and has indicated that Bolsonaro “I knew, managed and discussed the draft” in which the coup plan was written.
The rest of the accused are Anderson Torres, Former Justice Minister Walter Netto Braga and Paulo Nogueira, former defense ministers, Augusto Helleno Ribeiro, former head of security cabinet, Alexandre Ramagen, former intelligence director, Almir Garnier Santos, former Navy commander, and colonel Mauro Cid, one of the closest allies to Bolsonaro. All of them are part of a list of up to 34 defendants to a different degree of the crimes of rebellion and coup attempt.
The judge of Moraes has shown images of the events that occurred on January 8, 2023. The judge has refuted the argument of the defense of Bolsonaro, who claimed that the participants in the assault were religious and advanced people. “No Bible is seen”he said. It was not a “Sunday in the park.” «The criminal organization followed all the necessary steps to depose the legitimately elected government. Objective that, sought with all the effort, did not come true due to circumstances that the denounced failed to overcome: the resistance of the army and exception measures, ”explained the judge.
In addition to Moraes, four other judges have voted in favor of the imputation: Flávio Dino, Luiz Fux, Cristiano Zanin and Cármen lúcia Antunes, who at the time of justifying his decision has said that it is necessary to go back, before January 8, ““to get to that machine that tried to dismantle democracy ».
After the imputation of Bolsonaro and his seven partners, the instruction phase will take place, in which the parties have to collect evidence and take a statement to witnesses, before the court finally makes a decision. The Brazilian president faces a penalty of up to 40 years in jail for these crimes.
