Coup attempt: Jair Bolsonaro asked the Court to return his passport and assured that he does not intend to flee

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) He asked the Federal Supreme Court, Brazil’s highest court, to return his passport.confiscated last Thursday during a Federal Police operation as part of the preparation of a coup aimed at canceling the 2022 presidential elections, won by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

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Lawyer Paulo Cunha Buena, the former president’s lawyer, presented the request to supreme judge Alexandre de Moraes, responsible for the trials in which Bolsonaro and his former ministers are investigated and for which Three people were arrested, two soldiers and a former presidential advisor.

“The decision is absurd, given that the president never gave any indication that he wanted to escape, always showing up at every summons to testify. On the contrary, when he went to Argentina for the inauguration of President Javier Milei, I myself” took the precaution of notifying the court, demonstrating that Bolsonaro has always respected the ongoing investigations,” the lawyer told the news channel. GloboNews.

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In counterattack to the investigations into the coup attempt hatched by its closest core group, the former president He called his followers to a demonstration on February 25 on Avenida Paulista.

A police operation to investigate the existence of a criminal organization that allegedly attempted a coup on January 8, 2023. Photo XinhuaA police operation to investigate the existence of a criminal organization that allegedly attempted a coup on January 8, 2023. Photo Xinhua

The organization of the event in Sao Paulo is entrusted to Silas Malafaia, a far-right evangelical pastor from Rio de Janeiro, one of the main advisors of the far-right leader.

The former president assured that it will be a “peaceful demonstration”, in “defense of the democratic rule of law”“, and in which he intends to “defend himself from all accusations” and suspicions weighing against him in relation to the January 2023 coup plot.

According to research, Bolsonaro participated in the preparation of a self-coup project ignore the elections won by Lula in November 2022.

It is the most critical moment of the seven proceedings opened against the former president, who In 2023 he was disqualified by the electoral justice system from participating in elections until 2030. for publicly launching a campaign challenging the electoral system using state resources when he was president.

Judge Moraes, in addition to ordering the surrender of Bolsonaro’s passport, prohibited the former president from having contact with other people under investigation.

Legally, Bolsonaro can only leave without a passport to countries bordering Brazil, using the RG document, as the Brazilian DNI is known.

Source: Clarin

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