During a ceremony held at the Planalto Palace, the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro referred to the situation of the former president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, who has been in preventive detention since March 12, and came out in her defense. The current government party (MAS) accuses her of having acted against the democratic order and of having proclaimed herself president.
According to the Swissinfo and Abc Color portals, Bolsonaro compared his legal situation to that of a Brazilian deputy far right whom he recently pardonedafter he was sentenced to almost 9 years in prison by the Supreme Court for allegedly serious attacks against democracy.
Bolsonaro went further and asked: “Does anyone know where Áñez is today? She is imprisoned. She attempted suicide on more than one occasion. Does anyone know what they’re accusing her of? The accusation are undemocratic acts. It is the same that we live today in Brazil”, affirmed the president.
Bolsonaro used Áñez’s case to compare it with that of Daniel Silveira, a Brazilian far-right deputy convicted last week of serious threats to the Supreme Court and democratic institutions, and for apologizing for the dictatorship, among other crimes.
Former transitional president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez sent a letter to Bolsonaro in January, asking him to make a “clear and sincere statement” about whether they ever met in person about the accusations of the Luis Arce government. This is because “lThe government authorities intend to position a speech pointing out that a coup d’état was perpetrated in Bolivia and that it had the support of Bolsonaro.”
To that request, Bolsonaro never spoke. But this Wednesday he did mention the situation of the former temporary president of Bolivia, who isOn April 7, an oral trial began for the so-called ‘Coup d’etat II’ case.
An prosecutor (Omar Mejillones) alleged that Áñez “flagrantly violated the regulations of the Chamber of Senators” to access, in this way, the position of president of the Plurinational State.
From the MAS it is considered that Áñez interpreted the Political Constitution of the State to her liking to assume the Presidency of the Senate which, by succession, would transfer him to the Presidency of the State.
During a ceremony held at the Planalto Palace, the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro referred to the situation of the former president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, who has been in preventive detention since March 12, and came out in her defense. The current government party (MAS) accuses her of having acted against the democratic order and of having proclaimed herself president.
According to the Swissinfo and Abc Color portals, Bolsonaro compared his legal situation to that of a Brazilian deputy far right whom he recently pardonedafter he was sentenced to almost 9 years in prison by the Supreme Court for allegedly serious attacks against democracy.
Bolsonaro went further and asked: “Does anyone know where Áñez is today? She is imprisoned. She attempted suicide on more than one occasion. Does anyone know what they’re accusing her of? The accusation are undemocratic acts. It is the same that we live today in Brazil”, affirmed the president.
Bolsonaro used Áñez’s case to compare it with that of Daniel Silveira, a Brazilian far-right deputy convicted last week of serious threats to the Supreme Court and democratic institutions, and for apologizing for the dictatorship, among other crimes.
Former transitional president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez sent a letter to Bolsonaro in January, asking him to make a “clear and sincere statement” about whether they ever met in person about the accusations of the Luis Arce government. This is because “lThe government authorities intend to position a speech pointing out that a coup d’état was perpetrated in Bolivia and that it had the support of Bolsonaro.”
To that request, Bolsonaro never spoke. But this Wednesday he did mention the situation of the former temporary president of Bolivia, who isOn April 7, an oral trial began for the so-called ‘Coup d’etat II’ case.
An prosecutor (Omar Mejillones) alleged that Áñez “flagrantly violated the regulations of the Chamber of Senators” to access, in this way, the position of president of the Plurinational State.
From the MAS it is considered that Áñez interpreted the Political Constitution of the State to her liking to assume the Presidency of the Senate which, by succession, would transfer him to the Presidency of the State.
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