The expected happened. a parliamentary commission Investigated attempt to overthrow Brazilian president, Luiz Ignacio Lula da SilvaOn January 8, he approved by majority vote this Wednesday his final report, in which he blamed his predecessor. Jair Bolsonaro“to beintellectual mentor“Coup plan.
According to the results, the complaints must be sent to the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, which will examine them and decide whether they are suitable for filing a lawsuit.
According to the text, the former Army captain is responsible for charges of unlawful association, political violence, violent overthrow of the rule of law and coup.
Before the result was known, Bolsonaro strongly criticized the lawmakers’ work. “In addition to the absence of any element in the impeachment proposal that links the former president to the actions under investigation, Partial, biased and fully furnished “Forgetting the ostentatious criticism of the acts of vandalism carried out on social networks on January 8, with a political bias, not a legal one,” he announced in a note.
After months of studies, the ICC assessed that Bolsonaro “has never shown any sympathy for democratic principles.” “Attack state institutions from day one”.
55 defendants
Bolsonaro, who was banned from public office for eight years by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) on the grounds that he tried to disrupt the elections in which he was defeated by Lula, is not the only person accused of the 8E events. The ICC indicted another 55 people, including five former ministers of the far-right government who served from 2019 until the first of this year, as well as former Navy and Army commanders and the most radical figures of Bolsonarism: like MP Carla Zambelli, who threatened a citizen with a gun on the street before the elections .
As expected, the forces that still support Bolsonaro, especially the Liberal Party, rejected the content of the report with unusual arguments: Lula He is the real responsible for the attack on the headquarters of the three powers due to “negligences” in the security field that “facilitated” the acts of destruction that frightened Brazilians.
It is stated that 8E is not an isolated incident, but is the result of the escalation that included road closures by truck drivers and camps in front of the Army barracks, in addition to Bolsonaro’s systematic threats after Lula’s victory. to demand military intervention, prevent attacks in Brazil, and A draft “coup decree” found by the police in Brazil.
The ICC document states that “fake news”, a tool widely used during the far-right government, also played a destabilizing role. Bolsonaro’s problems do not end with the parliamentary investigation. The former captain had to appear before the Federal Police for another of the related reasons: a WhatsApp group that brought together businessmen linked to the president, where they spoke openly about a possible coup. This time he refrained from speaking and stated his situation in writing.
Bolsonaro is also being investigated for other scandals, such as the theft of jewels donated by Saudi Arabia. A report was made regarding his death 800 indigenous people by humanitarian organizations.
But the parliamentary committee’s work follows an investigation at the Ministry of Justice, which has accepted complaints against 1,390 defendants related to the riot, six of whom have already been sentenced to up to 17 years in prison.