“I won’t escape from Brazil,” says Bolsonaro about Moraes decisions

Former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) said on Thursday, 23, that he will not escape Brazil. The statement of the former executive chief was made in an interview with CNN Brazil Three days after he said to the radio Auriverde Brasil On Monday, 20, which could leave the country, even though the passport was retained by order of Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Supreme Federal Court (STF).

“I go to jail, I won’t escape from Brazil. I could have stayed there when I went to the United States. When I went to the possession of (Javier) Malei, I could have stayed, but I came here, knowing all the risks I’m running, ”he said.

Bolsonaro has been with his passport withheld since February last year, when he was the target of Operation Tempus Veritatis of the Federal Police (PF), made to investigate an attempted coup d’état after the 2022 elections. The measure was adopted by Moraes to prevent it from preventing The former president can leave the country to escape a possible conviction.

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The former president regretted not having attended the inauguration ceremony of US President Donald Trump.

“I was the last head of state to recognize Biden’s victory. This had a meaning for them. I am ex, invited me along with my wife. Regrettably, I couldn’t go, I was very sad, I wanted to accompany my wife, who only returns on Saturday, and tomorrow has a march there against abortion in the United States. He knows this, some of his first echelon manifested against it there. This is an action of the Brazilian government, because it has influence within the Supreme, which was a negative for an invitation from a head of state, which I think even the repercussion would be smaller with my trip than with my absence ”, stated.

Since then, Bolsonaro has tried for four opportunities to recover his passport. The most recent decision was last week, when Moraes quoted that he has been defending the country’s escape and the asylum abroad to the many convicts of the January 8’s scammer acts. The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) spoke out against the release of the document, arguing that the trip did not meet the vital interests of the former president.

With the negative of Moraes, it was up to the federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro to represent the former president in the possession of Trump. After leaving Michelle at Brasilia International Airport, Bolsonaro said he was “embarrassed” for not being able to go to the United States and said he waited for support from the Republican to reverse political ineligibility.

Election ‘similar to that of Venezuela’

On the same occasion, Bolsonaro said that without his presence, the 2026 presidential election will be “similar to that of Venezuela” and did not rule out an candidacy of former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro and his children, federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL -SP) and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), in the next election.

“(Flávio is) an excellent name, prepared, has an experience. A good joint. A hell of a name is not because it is my son. Just as Eduardo is a mature person. It has a vast knowledge of the world. It may be options, ”Bolsonaro said when asked about right -wing options for the next presidential elections.

According to Bolsonaro, Michelle “is a good name with chances” to be elected and, in a joke, says that one of the conditions would be his nomination as minister of the Civil House in case of victory of the former first lady.

“When you see research, it is always a little, almost on the margin of error, with Lula. This event outside will give her a huge popularity, ”he said. “It would be a good name with a chance to arrive. Of course, she putting me as chief minister of the Civil House, it can be. ”

Considered ineligible by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) in two actions on a meeting with ambassadors and celebrations on September 7, 2022, Bolsonaro questioned the decision of the ministers.

“If I are not a candidate, for a persecution of a minister, who says I abused political power by meeting with ambassadors. And ensures ineligibility. Abuse of economic power. When I was finished September 7, I left my track there on the stage and went to a sound car, which was from Silas Malafaia, and spoke to almost one million people. I didn’t spend a penny in it. I didn’t use September 7 structure to talk to the people who were out there, ”he said.

In another part of the interview, the former chief executive also said that “he was revoked and pursued all the time” and that “without him” the “opposition is not opposition.”

“Without my presence, it is an election similar to Venezuela where María Corina (Machado) and (Henry) Capriles were made ineligible for 15 years. What is the accusation? Undemocratic acts. What were the undemocratic acts? Occupy a sound car and criticize the mature, ”he said.

The Federal Police (PF) indicated the former president and 39 more people in the investigation into the attempted coup d’état after the 2022 elections. Bolsonaro was indicted for violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, coup and criminal organization. The three crimes attributed by the corporation to the former president may result in 28 years in prison.

Amnesty for convicts on January 8

Bolsonaro again argued that the National Congress enjoy the bill that amnesty those convicted of undemocratic acts of January 8, 2023, in the buildings of the three powers in Brasilia. THE CNNthe former president said that “he hopes it is not necessary to elect someone from the right in 2026” so that the perdons are granted.

“We hope you don’t have to elect someone from the right in 2026 to, by 2027, give amnesty. That person who commits a crime and is stuck, has a feeling. Who is innocent inside… ”he said. “It’s a way to eliminate the right in Brazil.”

When asked if he fears being arrested, Bolsonaro said only that “nowadays anyone can be arrested for no reason.”

“Nowadays, anyone can be arrested for no reason, as there were people who were not even in Brasilia and was arrested. It is in the hands of a person to decide anyone’s future, ”he said.