Compromising revelations in Bolsonaro’s entourage

The discovery of a draft decree that would have allowed Lula’s election to the presidency to be annulled caused a scandal in Brazil. In practical terms, this meant that the intention would have been to nullify the election of Lula, who defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro by a narrow margin on October 30.

On Friday, former Justice Minister Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently in the United States, was expected to be on firm ground by the Brazilian authorities after the discovery of a draft decree that would have allowed Lula’s election to the presidency to be annulled.

This highly dangerous document revealed by the daily “Folha de São Paulo” on Thursday evening was found during searches by the Federal Police in the home of this former minister, Anderson Torres, for whom an arrest warrant was issued by a Supreme Court judge for allegedly “complicity” in Bolsonarists who stormed places of power in Brasilia on Sunday.

Flavio Dino, justice minister for left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da, declared Friday, “We will wait for his appearance until Monday. If not, next week we will start the procedures for his extradition request.” Silva, in office since January 1.

Mr. Torres has repeatedly declared his innocence and promised to return to Brazil to surrender to the authorities, without specifying a date.

The three-page document found at his home states that the federal government will take control of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which is overseeing the smooth running of polling, “to ensure that transparency is preserved and restored, and to approve the regular electoral process for the 2022 presidential election.”

A measure that many jurists consider unconstitutional. In practical terms, this meant that the intention would have been to nullify the election of Lula, who defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro by a narrow margin on October 30.

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“Link in a coup chain”

According to La Folha de S. Paulo, which exposed the scandal, this draft could be the first definitive evidence that Jair Bolsonaro’s entourage was preparing a coup in case of defeat.

The presidential decree – unprecedented – provided for the establishment of an “Election Organizing Committee” to replace the Supreme Electoral Court, headed by a majority of the members of the Ministry of Defense (8 out of 17).

The document is undated, but Jair Bolsonaro’s name is at the end, on a space designated for his signature.

“While 33 million people were starving, they were preparing a coup,” leftist Senator Randolph Rodriguez, leader of Lula’s government’s parliamentary bloc in the Senate, wrote on Twitter on Friday.

“It shows that what we saw on January 8 (the invasion of the places of power in Brasília) was not an isolated act. (The draft decree) is one of the links in the chain of putschists,” Flavio Dino had already declared on Thursday evening .

Incredible expenses

The Federal Police told AFP they could not comment on the ongoing investigation.

Torres, who is in the United States, said Thursday evening on Twitter that this draft “may have been in a pile of documents that were supposed to be destroyed in time,” and that its contents had been leaked and deemed “out of order.” its context.”

He was already on American soil when several thousand Bolsonarians invaded and ransacked the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court in the Brazilian capital on Sunday.

The former minister has held the position of chief of security for the Federal District of Brasília since January 2, but went on leave shortly after.

The Brazilian news was also marked by other embarrassing revelations about Jair Bolsonaro’s tenure: unbelievable expenses with the presidential credit card, such as €20,000 spent in one go at a modest restaurant in northern Brazil or €10,000 in a bakery the day after her son’s. wedding.

Presidential credit card statements for his four years in office (2019-2022) have been published on an official website for Lula’s government, which has begun to lift the 100-year secrecy his predecessor imposed on the accounts. Thousands of official documents.

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