According to the police, the investigations, which lasted “nearly two years”, established “the existence of a criminal organization which acted in a coordinated manner in 2022.
Published on 22/11/2024 19:55
Updated on 22/11/2024 20:07
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Thunderclap in Brazil: the police recommended Thursday, November 21, the indictment of ex-far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, for an alleged plan to “coup d'état” aimed at preventing the return to power of his successor Lula after the 2022 election. The former head of state (2019-2023) and 36 other personalities are the subject of a request for indictment for “violent abolition of the democratic state of law, coup d'état and criminal organization” as part of this investigation, the federal police announced in a press release.
According to the police, the investigations, which lasted “nearly two years”have established “the existence of a criminal organization which acted in a coordinated manner in 2022, in the attempt to maintain the president of the time in power”. The Supreme Court, to which the investigation report was sent, must now hand it over to the Attorney General's office, which will have to decide whether or not to initiate proceedings against the former head of state and the other suspects.
Jair Bolsonaro, 69, responded Thursday by targeting his bête noire, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes, head of the investigation. He “conducts entire investigation, arranges testimony, arrests without charge”he accused on the social network “He does everything that the law does not say”he added, promising to continue “the struggle” judicial. Already sentenced to eight years of ineligibility, Jair Bolsonaro is the target of several other investigations, but it is this affair which could have the greatest political impact.
