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The former leader of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was officially accused of leading a suspected coup to stay in power after the loss of the 2022 elections in 2022 to President Luiz Inácio Lula.
The right -wing extremist politician was accused by the state’s Attorney General to conduct a “criminal organization” in order to undermine democracy in the most populous nation of Latin America.
Prosecutors said that 33 other people were involved in the conspiracy, including Bolsonaro‘S Vice Presidential candidate Walter Braga Netto and almost two dozen in retirement or served high -ranking military personnel. The conspiracy contained plans for the murder of Lula to prevent him from taking his office, the prosecutors claimed.
The Supreme Court of Brazil must now examine the charges and decide whether they should go to a legal proceedings. If convicted, bolsonaro, and Allies of US President Donald Trumpcould be exposed to a long prison sentence.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain and darling of BrazilThe right movement previously painted as a victim of politically motivated persecution. He was already not justified for the public office for the public office for the public office by 2030.
He also stands two further legal proceedings compared to the alleged falsification of a Covid 19 vaccine certificate and the Illegal sale of jewels given to him as head of state.
In a registration at the Supreme Court, the Attorney General Paulo Gonet said that the indictment “acts carried out by a President of the Republic who forms a structured criminal organization with other civilian and military figures to prevent the result of the people in The expression in the 2022 elections of the execution ”.
The fees were based on one Detailed Federal Report of the Federal Police From the last November.
Bolsonaro’s legal team said that the former president had not supported any movement that aimed to deconstruct the democratic rule of law or his institutions.
“Despite almost two years of investigations. . . No element was found that combined the president with the narrative constructed in the complaint. “
Conspirators in the alleged conspiracy “Green and Yellow Dolch”, named after the Brazilian flag, allegedly planned to murder the elected President Lula and his running colleague Geraldo Alckmin in December 2022, weeks before the handover. The judge of the Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, was also aimed at assassination, the prosecutors said.
Among the defendants were the then commander of the Brazilian Navy, the former Minister of Justice under Bolsonaro and a former head of the country’s secret service.
The program was ultimately not carried out, the report said due to a lack of support among the commanders of the top army. But Bolsonaro was aware of Gonet and agreed to kill Lula.
The police said the criminal organization started in June 2021. The authorities also referred to the electronic electronic system of Brazil in Bolsonaros in the run -up to its defeat. Bolsonaro had claimed that the digital ballot papers were prone to fraud without providing any evidence.
On January 8, 2023, the investigators also combined the alleged coup attempt with an uprising in Brasília, as thousands of radical Bolsonaro supporters stormed days after Lula’s inauguration.
Many of the rioters claimed that the presidential elections that Bolsonaro narrowly lost, had been manipulated and called for a military coup. Hundreds were convicted and many servants were sentenced.
In the past few days, the former president has tried to gather conservative forces in the congress in order to adopt an amnesty law for crimes associated with the riots. Opponents consider it a tactic to help Bolsonaro’s own cause.
