Bolsonaro denies violating Brazil’s Constitution after being accused of planning a coup with the military

Former Brazilian president JairBolsonaro He denied any violation of the Constitution in response to the leak of a confession in which his then aide-de-camp accused him of having proposed a coup plan to senior officers of the Armed Forces to prevent the progressive’s return to power. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The far-right leader, in a statement released by his defenders, stated that, during his Government (2019-2022), he never tolerated any movement or project that was not supported by the law.

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Bolsonaro”never adopted any attitude that faced the limits and guarantees established by the Constitution“, according to the message released by Fabio Wajngartenone of his lawyers.

Although it does not cite the reason for releasing the statement, it became known shortly after some news portals leaked excerpts from the confession that Bolsonaro’s then aide-de-camp, lieutenant colonel Mauro Cidgranted to Federal police in exchange for legal benefits.

In his confession, according to the published version, Cid guarantees that the leader of the extreme right called a meeting with the heads of the Armed forces and other soldiers to present a coup plan.

According to the former aide-de-camp, after refusing to recognize Lula’s victory in last October’s presidential elections, the then head of state presented the military with a plan to call new elections and arrest his opponents.

Cid reported that, despite the then Navy commander, Admiral Almir Garnier Santosapparently approved Bolsonaro’s proposal, the other officers rejected it, so the president was left without the military’s support for his plans.

The Minister of Defense of Brazil, José Múciostated this Thursday that history shows that, with the exception of some isolated cases, the military did not accept the coup proposals and guaranteed the rule of law in Brazil.

In the same statement and also without mentioning Cid, Bolsonaro’s defense adds that “will adopt the corresponding legal measures against any slanderous expression”.

He also states that he has not yet had access to the former aide-de-camp’s award-winning confession to be able to comment on it because, despite the leak to the press, it is protected by judicial secrecy.

Despite denying it, Bolsonaro is being investigated for several attacks on the Constitution because on several occasions he defended attacks against institutions and questioned the reliability of the Brazilian electoral system.

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Last June the Superior Electoral Court sentenced him to eight years of political disqualification for spreading lies about the electoral system.

Cid was arrested in May for another matter that involved him in a scheme to falsify the vaccination certificate against COVID-19 which allowed Bolsonaro to travel abroad, but he was released on parole in September after agreeing to collaborate with the courts.

His statements could complicate Bolsonaro’s situation in the investigation into the invasion of the government headquarters on January 8. Executiveof Congress it’s from Federal Court of Justice (STF) by a crowd of the former president’s followers who intended to force a coup against Lula.

Source: Elcomercio

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