Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, hospitalized in the United States, admitted on Tuesday that he is anticipating his return to Brazil in the midst of a crisis caused by the invasion of the power seats in Brasília, which called it an “unfortunate episode”.
“This is already my third hospitalization for severe intestinal obstruction. I came to spend some time with the family, but I didn’t have a quiet day. First there was that unfortunate episode in Brazil and then my hospitalization” , wailed from the hospital in Florida.
Bolsonaro explained that while it was initially planned to stay in the United States until the end of January, the health problems that forced his admission to an Orlando hospital led him to anticipate his return to Brazil in the midst of a political crisis. caused by the violence of his followers in the Brazilian capital.
“In Brazil, the doctors already know about my problem of intestinal obstruction as a result of the stabbing. Here, the doctors do not go further,” Bolsonaro said so in statements to CNN, which were quoted by the newspaper O Globo.
Bolsonaro, who has been in the United States since Dec. 30 — two days before Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office as president of the Republic of Brazil — was admitted to a hospital in Orlando, Florida, on Monday due to the secondary effects of a stabbing he suffered in 2018. during the election campaign, and which has since required him to be hospitalized several times.
The former head of state had previously referred to this “deplorable episode” that starred thousands of his supporters, invading and vandalizing the Planalto Palace, Congress and the Federal Supreme Court, the headquarters of the three branches of the government.
Bolsonaro distanced himself from his supporters’ invasions of public buildings in Brasilia and rejected allegations that he had encouraged the attacks.. Earlier, Lula da Silva had accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of provoking and encouraging violent invasions, which he called a genocide.
Several members of Congress have begun rallying the necessary support to create a special parliamentary commission to investigate Bolsonaro’s involvement in acts for which the more than 1,500 people arrested could be charged with terrorism, rebellion and coup. to investigate.
Source: DN
