The Supreme Court in Brazil has the indictment against the former president Jair Bolsonaro approved. All five judges of the first chamber followed the application of the Attorney General.
This makes the former head of state (2019-2022) and seven suspected co-snacks formally accused in criminal proceedings.
The Attorney General accuses them of having one after Bolsonaros State coup against the government of his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to have planned. Bolsonaro rejects the allegations against himself. In the event of a conviction, he threatens several years in prison.
Bolsonaro is said to have planned Putsch
According to the investigators, the rights planned an ex-military right in a criminal association with its allies, in order to keep power against the President Lula, which is still incumbent in October 2022 in October 2022.
On January 8, 2023, followers Bolsonaros, who did not want to recognize Lula’s election victory, stormed the congress, seat of government and the Supreme Court in the capital Brasília and caused considerable damage.
“The criminal organization has taken all the necessary steps to overthrow the legally elected government,” said judge Alexandre de Moraes. The attempted coup had only failed because the leadership of the armed forces did not join the coup.
Parallels to the storm on the Capitol in Washington
The pictures of the riots went around the world at the time and reminded of the storming of the US congress in Washington by supporters of the president elected at the time Donald Trumpwho did not want to accept his defeat against Joe Biden. Bolsonaro was also referred to as a “tropical trump” because of his rhetoric and administration.
In addition to the ex-president, seven other men are charged in the procedure, including the former head of the community Alexandre Ramagemthe former Minister of Justice Anderson Torres And the former Defense Minister Braga Netto. They are accused of efforts to abolish the democratic constitutional state, the planning of a coup of state and the formation of a criminal association. They also reject the allegations.
In the first phase of the criminal proceedings in front of the Supreme Court, the public prosecutor and defense can now apply for the submission of evidence and invite witnesses. According to the Plädoyers, the Court of Justice has a judgment on the matter and decides whether the accused are convicted or acquitted.
Bolsonaro threatens up to twelve years in prison
In the event of a conviction, Bolsonaro and his co -accused are threatened only for the allegation of the coup d’état. No legal remedies can be filed against the judgment of the Supreme Court. Bolsonaro may not hold any public offices by 2030.
A number of procedures are currently underway against the ex-president. The police also accuse him of illegally sold jewelry and luxury watches, which he received in his tenure as an official guest gift in Saudi Arabia, illegally. Bolsonaro always denied this. In addition, according to the investigators, he had vaccination passes for himself, family members and employees for falsifying himself during the Corona passemy.