Brazilian President Lula da Silva said Wednesday that he had the “impression” that Jair Bolsonaro knew about the attacks on the three powers and that is why he went to the United States.
“I think his decision to shut up after losing the election, weeks and weeks without saying anything; his decision not to pass me the banner, to go to Miami as if he were fleeing for fear of something, ”said the Brazilian president. during an exclusive interview on the Globonews website, the first he gave to a media outlet after taking office as Head of State.
“His silence, even after the event here, gave me the impression that he knew everything that was happening, that he had a lot to do with what was happening,” he stressed, adding that “if Bolsonaro has direct participation, he has to be punished.”
Hours before, Lula da Silva had already affirmed that the former head of state Jair Bolsonaro was to blame for the attacks carried out by radicals against the headquarters of the three powers in Brazil.
“I don’t know if the former president ordered it, what I do know is that he is to blame because he spent four years lying to Brazilian society urging the people to arm themselves,” said Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at the Planalto Palace, in a room full of Brazilian trade unionists.
These statements come after the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court gave former President Jair Bolsonaro three days to explain the content of a draft decree that provided for the declaration of a state of emergency, found in the residence of a former minister.
The deadline was set in a decision by electoral judge Benedito Gonçalves, on Monday, who ordered the inclusion of the document in an investigation against Bolsonaro for alleged abuse of power during the campaign for the October presidential elections.
The controversial text is the draft of a decree that would allow Bolsonaro to establish a state of emergency to intervene in the highest electoral court and reverse the result of the October 30 elections, in which he was defeated by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The document was found by the Federal Police at the residence of Anderson Torres, who was Bolsonaro’s Justice Minister and has been detained since Saturday on charges of alleged omission, since he was responsible for security in Brasilia when thousands of radicals invaded the headquarters. of the presidency, Congress and the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
Jair Bolsonaro was also included by the STF in the list of those investigated for the violent acts of January 8, as the mastermind and instigator of the attacks perpetrated by extremists against the three powers in Brasilia.
The former president, who is currently in the United States, is suspected of inciting his supporters to invade and destroy the seats of parliament, the presidency and the STF.
If Bolsonaro is found responsible for political abuse and use of official media in favor of the campaign, the electoral court can sentence him to a period of political disqualification of at least eight years.
Source: TSF
