Brazil: Police find text allowing Bolsonaro to interfere in elections

Brazil’s federal police found a draft decree in the home of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s former minister that would allow the far-right leader to try to change the election results, the newspaper reported on Thursday. Folha de Sao Paulo.

The document was found two days ago during a search at the residence of the former Minister of Justice Anderson Torreswho has an arrest warrant for his alleged responsibility for the attacks carried out by thousands of Bolsonarist supporters on the offices of the President, Parliament and the Supreme Court.

The text, according to the newspaper, was a draft decree that would allow Jair Bolsonaro establish a “state of defense”, a state of emergency with the aim of interfering with the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) and canceling the election results.

Elections on 30 Oct. Jair Bolsonaro He received 49.1% of the vote, compared to 50.9% for Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, but still has not admitted defeat, although he did not prevent the transition of power.

“Taken out of context”

Anderson Torresformer Minister of Justice Brazilsaid that a document found by the police at his home, which would allow the former president Jair Bolsonaro an attempt to change the election results was “taken out of context.”

“In my house there was a bunch of documents for culling, where, most likely, they found the material described in the report. Everything will be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for destruction in a timely manner,” he said. Anderson Torres on his Twitter account.

former minister Jair Bolsonarofor whom an arrest warrant is pending, stressed that “the aforementioned document was seized” when he was not at home, “and leaked out of context, which contributed to the spread of false information” against him.

“I respect Brazilian democracy. I have a clear conscience regarding my work as a minister,” he added. Anderson Torresagainst whom the Supreme Court is investigating his alleged responsibility for the attacks carried out by thousands of Bolsonaro supporters on the offices of the President, Parliament and the Supreme Court.

Anderson Torreswho is in the United States and is under investigation for doing nothing to stop the assault on the headquarters of the three powers carried out last Sunday by thousands of Bolsonarist supporters.

Torres has just been appointed secretary of public safety in the Brasilia regional administration, but claims that on the first day of his new job, he went on a “vacation” to the United States with his family, although he has announced that he intends to return to Brazil cooperate with Justice.

On the same day of the attack, Anderson Torres He was removed from office by Governor Ibaneis Rocha, another ally of Bolsonaro, who in turn was suspended from office for ninety days by court order.

They condemn complicity in Brasilia

Lula, who issued an executive order for federal intervention in public safety in Brasilia, confirmed this Thursday that members of the police and military were in cahoots with the coup.

“I want to watch the videos taken in the Supreme Court, in the Palace. There were a lot of wicked people there. There were a lot of treacherous police officers here, a lot of treacherous military personnel,” the progressive leader said at breakfast with reporters.

As a result of the attacks by Bolsonari’s supporters, who were camped outside the barracks for two months, about 1,500 people were detained in Brazil and a series of investigations were launched against politicians and businessmen accused of funding them.

(As reported by EFE)

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