Former Brazilian President Gere Bolsonaro was accused of the country’s chief prosecutor of a coup after his defeat in the 2022 presidential elections.
The 69 -year -old has been handed over five charges of the alleged offer to prevent President Louise Insio Lula da Silva from taking office after the bitter election race.
The prosecutor’s advice will now be considered by the Supreme Court. If it is accepted, fees will be imposed on Bolsonaro and 33 others and they will have to face the trial.
Bolsonaro denies any violations and says he is a victim of political persecution.
He was banned from running for eight years after accusing him of undermining Brazilian democracy by claiming that the electronic polling used in the October 2022 poll was subject to piracy and fraud.
The elections, which fought bitterly, won a very narrow margin by President Luiz Insio Lula da Silva – more known as Lula.
Bolsonaro publicly did not recognize his defeat and left Brazil to the United States two days before Iqbal Lula as a president.
On January 8, 2023, his supporters stormed government buildings in the capital, Brazilia. Parts of the buildings were looted and the police arrested 1500 rioters.
Three months ago, Federal Police issued a report accusing Polsonaro of its role in planning and organizing a coup attempt – including by proposing the idea of the main figures in the army – to stop taking over without power.
The document accusing Bolsonaro says the responsibility of actions that were harmful to the democratic regime lies in a criminal organization led by Bolsonaro himself.
In practice, this means that legal procedures have started, and Bolsonaro is likely to face a trial.
One of the charges is the crime of the “Armed Criminal Organization”, which is allegedly led by Bolsonaro and his pioneering candidate Walter Braga Nito.
“The alliance with other individuals, including civilians and military individuals, tried to prevent, in a coordinated manner, as a result of the 2022 presidential elections,” Paulo Gonet Branko said in a statement.
The Brazilian media reported that the Supreme Court is expected to file a trial later this year.
The reaction to the public prosecutor’s decision shows that the divisions that characterized the Brazilian policy over the past decade are still as deep as it was.
Government supporters celebrate and say that the former president belongs to prison, while the opposition insists that he is innocent.
The focus is now on the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on the presidential elections for the next year. Recent opinion polls show record levels of the President Lula’s rejection.
Although it is banned from running for positions, Bolsonaro is still a strong political force in Brazil and can use the trial as a platform for his business schedule.
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