TCU orders Bolsonaro to return Saudi jewelry and weapons within 5 days
The TCU (Union Court of Auditors), determined this Wednesday (15) that Jair Bolsonaro (PL) must deliver the jewelry he received as a gift from Saudi Arabia and the weapons he brought in 2019 upon returning from a trip to the Middle East to the secretariat -general of the Presidency of the Republic, within a period of five days.
The measure was suggested by Minister Augusto Nardes, rapporteur of the case. He reformulated the precautionary decision that he himself had given, last Thursday (9), which allowed Bolsonaro to keep custody of the material, with a ban on the use and sale of luxury items sent to him through his ex. -Minister Bento Albuquerque (Mines and Energy).
Bolsonaro’s defense had sent a letter to the TCU on Monday (13) asking the court to keep the articles until the investigations were completed, determining the designation of date and place for their presentation.
Nardes, however, stated that there is no court case law for the court to receive the jewels and that such an action would not be applicable to the court. The vote was followed by the other ministers, who still ask Bolsonaro to forward proof of delivery of the material to the general secretary of the Presidency.
The ministers also assessed that the material should not remain with the Federal Revenue.
The former president also sent a letter to the Federal Police saying that he is at the agency’s disposal to provide testimony on the case. Bolsonaro’s defense argued that he made the decision in light of the news published in the press, “even without being able to affirm the reliability of the information, since he did not receive any subpoena or was officially aware of it, except by the press vehicles”.
In October 2021, Albuquerque led an entourage to an international event in Saudi Arabia. On his return, an advisor to the then minister had a set of luxury items seized at the Revenue Service at the airport in Guarulhos (SP), including a necklace, earrings, a ring and a watch by the Swiss brand Chopard, as revealed by the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. The value of these objects was estimated at around R$16.5 million.
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