Brazil’s Bolsonaro charged for alleged plot to stage coup and poison his successor as president, Lula da Silva
Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian prosecutor formally accused former president Jair Bolsonaro of attempts Coup after the 2022 election failurein a plot in a plan that includes poisoning its successor Current President Luis Inascio Lula da Silva and kill the Supreme Court judge.
Prosecutor Paulo Gonet claimed that Bolsonaro and 33 people participated in the plan to rule. He wrote that alleged plots included a plan to poison Lula and shoot the dead Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who was a former presidential enemy.
Gonet wrote: “Members of the criminal organization have developed a plan at the Presidential Palace to attack institutions, designed to lower the system of power and democratic order, and the order received the sinister name of “Green and Yellow Daggers.” Page 272 Prosecution. “The plan was conceived and brought knowledge to the president, and he agreed.”
Bolsonaro is often seen in Brazil’s yellow and yellow-green national football uniforms, and the colors are associated with his political movements.
Bolsonaro’s defense team said it was an allegation of “frustration and indignation”, adding that the former “the president never agreed to any movement aimed at deconstructing the democratic rule of law or the institutions that underpin it.”
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Bolsonaro’s son Flávio Bolsonaro is a senator and said on social platforms that the indictment is “empty” and there is no evidence of any wrongdoing. He accused the prosecutor’s office of serving “Lula’s evil interests.”
In November, the federal police in Brazil Submitted an 884-page report and detailed the plan. They claimed systematic efforts to sow distrust of the electoral system, drafted an ordinance that provided legal cover for the plot, forced top military brass tubes to go along with the plan, and incited riots in the capital.
In the indictment, Gonet described the alleged crime as part of a series of events whose overall goal was to prevent Bolsonaro from leaving the office, “as opposed to the popular will in the polls.”
The Supreme Court will analyze the charges and if accepted, Bolsonaro will be tried.
The far-right leader denied illegal acts. “I don’t care about the allegations,” Bolsonaro told reporters during a visit to the Brasilia Senate earlier Tuesday.
He added: “Did you have a chance to see the coup decree? You don’t. Neither do I.”
In addition to participating in the coup, the 34 defendants also accused of participating in armed criminal organizations, attempting to abolish the violent abolition of democratic rule of law, damage from violence and serious threats to state assets and a serious threat to the list of legacy, according to a statement from the Attorney General’s Press Office .
Gonet said the criminal group he accused “as the leader of the then-President himself and his campaign partner Braga Netto.”
“In our criminal legislation, it is described as an attack on the existence and independence of power and democratic rule, both of which are accepted, stimulated and enforced behaviors,” Gonet wrote in his report.
The punishments for these crimes vary. Under the country’s Criminal Code, Bolson Rowe will be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison under the country’s criminal law.
According to the prosecutor’s office, an indictment based on manuscripts, digital documents, spreadsheets and exchange of messages exposed a plan to undermine the democratic order.
Luis Henrique Machado, a criminal attorney and professor at IDP University in Brasilia, said the charges were “historic”, adding that he hoped the Supreme Court would accept the charges and next year The trial was held sometime at the end of the year.
“The accusations show that Brazil’s institutions are strong, independent and agile,” Machado said. “They are role models for other countries where democracy is at risk.”
Bolsonaro was banned from running for the 2026 general election after a judge in the country’s Supreme Election Court ruled that he abused his power and had no basis on the country’s electronic voting system.
Carlos Melo, a political science professor at the University of Insper, Sao Paulo, said Bolsenro would “position himself as a victim” after Tuesday’s allegations. Bolsonaro had previously said his legal dilemma was an attempt to prevent him from returning to the office.
“There are polls that he will be competitive in the 2026 election against Lula, one of which was published today,” Mello said. “There will be political dust, but it will be resolved.”
