“Today I took a stab with this decision”, says Bolsonaro after TSE decision

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), now ineligible, gave a press conference in Belo Horizonte, this Friday afternoon (30)

Belo Horizonte (MG) — Former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) said, at a press conference in Belo Horizonte, this Friday afternoon (30), that his ineligibility, determined by a majority in the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), is “the first conviction for abuse of political power”. He classified the decision as “a stab”comparing the process with the stab wound he suffered in Juiz de Fora, in the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais, in September 2018.

“We came here at a very difficult time, when Mr. Alysson Paolinelli (former Minister of Agriculture, who died on Thursday, 29) said goodbye. A day that became emblematic for me, just like the half dozen of September 2018, when I was stabbed in the face. Today I took a stab at that decision. It was not Jair Bolsonaro who took this stab, it was Brazilian democracy.”

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“I believe it was the first conviction for abuse of political power. I believe this was my crime. Crime without corruption, but come on. We followed the elections, the way the TSE acted, even forbidding me to do live in my house and the result appeared at the end there, the TSE announced the winner”

defended.

In his speech, Bolsonaro reiterated that “was condemned based on a decree that was not completed” by the Federal Police, and also mentioned that the investigations into the January 8 attacks on the headquarters of the Three Powers, in Brasília, did not reach definitive conclusions either. The former president also pointed out that “the transition (between his and Lula’s government) was made normally”and denied any coup aspirations by his supporters.

“I collected myself, the transition made in absolute normality. No one from the PT can complain about any of my ministers about the transition. On the 30th (of December), I left Brazil and unfortunately the 8th of January happened. Anyone who talks about a coup doesn’t know what a coup is. With all due respect, he is a political illiterate.”

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“Nobody is going to strike a blow with little men and women with the Brazilian flag”, he added. The former president declared that there are “300 wrongfully imprisoned” as a result of the protests in Brasilia.

“We regret what they did and the people who did this have to take responsibility”

, commented on vandalism on the day. Bolsonaro also claimed that the TSE’s performance is a flirtation with authoritarian countries.

“Moreover, those authorities, without mentioning them, who had been saying over time that they had to save Brazil from a dictatorship, who, in one way or another, contributed to those TSE numbers, and, now, contributed to my ineligibility, that is, I am basically ineligible from now on, I ask that these people, for the sake of consistency, look for the current President of the Republic, Lula, who scheduled a meeting with the Foro de São Paulo, I don’t know if everyone is present, and will toast with Ortega, from Nicaragua, who arrested all opponents, priests, who expelled nuns and brutally persecutes his people”

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The former chief executive returned to speak of “possible irregularities in the 2018 elections” and attributed the vote in the TSE, which made him ineligible, as part of a political conjuncture that involved several events.

“So, I was judged by an investigation that has been in place for five years to investigate possible irregularities in the 2018 election. Why is it still closed today? Why has this inquiry not been completed until today? I can’t be judged for something that doesn’t exist yet. Were the 2018 elections safe or not? Why was this investigation not concluded by the Federal Police? It was an unclassified survey. I was also tried for the acts of January 8th. What is my participation in these acts? Who lost with that? I was also tried for the acts of December 12, among others.”

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After returning to talking about ‘petralhas’ and questioning the effectiveness of vaccines against Covid-19, Bolsonaro briefly commented on the episode involving his youngest daughter, Laura, who did not receive doses of the immunizer.

“The Tutelary Council was at my house last week to see if my daughter had taken the vaccine or not. Is there no more freedom in Brazil?”

ironized.

Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte

The former representative came to the capital of Minas Gerais for the wake and burial of former Minister of Agriculture Alysson Paolinelli, who died at the age of 86 on Thursday (29). Afterwards, he attended a lunch with supporters and political allies.

Federal deputies Eros Biondini (PL), Lincoln Portela (PL), Domingos Savio (PL) and Cabo Junio ​​Amaral (PL), in addition to state deputies Coronel Sandro (PL) and Sargento Rodrigues (PL) attended the meeting.

The former governor of Minas Gerais, Newton Cardoso (MDB), and the state deputy, Eduardo Azevedo (PL) are also on site.

*With information from O TEMPO

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