Mourão speaks of a “political factoid” and criticizes the Judiciary for “authoritarian temptations”
In a speech in the Senate plenary, this Tuesday (26), the senator Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS) drew attention to the moment of “crisis”.
Mourão, who was vice-president of the Republic between 2019 and 2022, during the term of Jair Bolsonaro (PL)cited the complaints filed against politicians and military personnel from the last government, accused of planning a coup d’état and the assassination of the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)from the vice president Geraldo Alckmin (PSB) and the minister Alexandre de Moraesof the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
PF report: Bolsonaro “planned, acted and controlled” the coup group’s actions
According to the Federal Police report, forwarded by Alexandre de Moraes to the PGR, the investigation indicates that Jair Bolsonaro (PL) was informed about the progress of the alleged coup plot
When quoting Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, president of the STF, Mourão said he shared the question asked by the judge about the case: “What else is left to know?”
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“I don’t know, minister (Barroso), as a factually failed or simply non-existent conspiracy, dating back more than two years, explodes in the media in the face of the nation without further explanation, beyond the targeted and selective leak of so-called confidential investigative pieces”, stated the senator.
“Does the investigation really want to investigate the serious facts reported or create another political factoid to disorient the country?”, questioned Mourão.
Federal Police report divides those indicted into 6 areas of activity; see list
According to the PF report, former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), despite having been, in theory, the main beneficiary of the supposed articulation in favor of the coup d’état, did not act directly in any nucleus
The senator also mentioned a recent meeting, not recorded on public agendas, between President Lula, the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, ministers of the STF and the director of the Federal Police (PF), Andrei Passos Rodrigues. Mourão questioned the transparency and meaning of this meeting.
“What would justify and what does it mean for authorities from different Powers to meet with the leadership of the State’s police arm? Finally, Minister, we need to know how a few enlightened people assume the exercise of an extra-constitutional power that denies basic rights to Brazilians, in different situations and circumstances. There is a lot we need to know, especially how we reached this point of social discord, political persecution, ideological revenge and authoritarian temptations”, said Mourão.
“But something is known, minister: that a democracy cannot be made political with the police; Above all, the greatest purpose of the State is achieved with justice”, concluded the senator.
