Bolsonaro calls his accusation for defending rape “political persecution”

Former Brazilian president JairBolsonaro assigned to a “political persecution“the decision of a court of Brasilia prosecute him after considering the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s accusations that he committed the crime of condoning rape to be justified.

“The chase doesn’t stop“, said the leader of the Brazilian extreme right when commenting on his social networks the information that a first instance judge of Federal District of Brasilia He decided to open a trial against him.

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The case against the former head of state (2019-2022) dates back to 2014, when the then federal deputy, in discussion with the left-wing legislator Maria do Rosario in the plenary session of the Low camerastated that his colleague did not even deserve to be raped “for being very ugly”.

“A few days ago you called me a rapist and I replied that I wouldn’t rape you because you don’t deserve it.” he claimed.

Regarding the accusation in this case, Bolsonaro said that his controversial statement was a way of responding to an insult from a parliamentarian. “I was insulted, I defended myself and once again the order of events was changed to confirm a new political persecution known to everyone.” he claimed.

He also said that, since the beginning of his Government, he has always defended “a more severe penalty” for rapists, then, “precisely those who defend criminals (in an allusion to María do Rosário’s alleged initiatives to make legislation more flexible) now become victims”.

The case against Bolsonaro for defending rape was initially taken over by the Supreme Courtonce the legislator had parliamentary immunity, but in 2019 it was partially shelved because, due to his status as president, the far-right leader could not be tried for matters outside his mandate.

At the end of last year, the highest court decided to send the case to a first instance judge in Brasília.

The accusation for apologizing for rape adds to the series of cases against Bolsonaro in court since he was replaced in January by the progressive Luiz Inácio Lula da Silvawho defeated him in the 2022 presidential elections.

The far-right leader 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.

He is also being investigated as a possible instigator of the January 8th invasion of the headquarters of Executiveof Congress it’s from Federal Court of Justice (STF) by a crowd of his followers who intended to force a coup against Lula.

He was also questioned in recent weeks by Federal police for appropriating jewelry that was donated to the State and for allegedly using a falsified Covid vaccination certificate to leave the country in December last year.

Source: Elcomercio

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