The former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro requested the Supreme Court on Wednesday for his acquittal for “lack of evidence” in the process where he faces coup positions and other crimes that could lead to him up to 40 years in prison.
Bolsonaro denied having participated in a plot to prevent the investiture of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva And he described the accusations of “absurd”, the agency said EFE.
In the final allegations presented by their lawyers before the Supreme Federal Court (STF), the defense said:
“There is no how to condemn Jair Bolsonaro based on the tests produced in the cars, which showed that he determined the transition (of government), avoided chaos with (the protests of) the truckers and told his voters that the world would not end on December 31 (with the end of his government).”
Bolsonaro defense alleges lack of evidence and requests acquittal
The document ensures that At no time Bolsonaro carried out actions aimed at preventing or hindering the taking of possession of the then elected president: “On the contrary, he always defended and reaffirmed democracy and the rule of law,” said his lawyers.
The defense maintains that the accusation presented by the Prosecutor’s Office is “based on distorted illations and interpretations and asks for acquittal due to lack of evidence and for “There is no crime configuration” in the facts described.
They also requested to cancel the judicial cooperation agreement signed by the exedecán of Bolsonaro, Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, who admitted his participation in meetings where a decree was discussed to cancel the elections and pointed to alleged accomplices.
Cid’s testimony is considered the main evidence against the ex -president.
“The truth is that the imputations of the Prosecutor’s Office against the former president find no support in the logic or in the evidence of the records,” the defense reiterated.
A process with 34 defendants
In addition to Bolsonaro, Another 33 former collaborators and allies face charges for crimes as a coup d’etatattempt to abolition from the democratic state of law, armed association, qualified damage and deterioration of public heritage.
Among the main defendants are former minister Walter Braga Netto, Augusto Heleno Ribeiro, Paulo Sergio Nogueira and Anderson Torres.
Braga Netto is the only one who remains in preventive detention, while Bolsonaro meets house arrest for violating restrictions imposed by Judge Alexandre de Moraes, including the prohibition of sending messages through social networks.
The deadline to present the final allegations expires on Wednesday at midnight, and The final hearing of the trial is expected to be convened in SeptemberE to Bolsonaro and the seven members of the so -called “political core” of the accused.
