Jair Bolsonaroformer President of Brazil, proposed at various meetings with commanders of the Armed Forces carry out a coup d’état by canceling the 2022 elections, a former army chief said.

On December 7, 2022, shortly before leaving power, the far-right leader met with the heads of the army, aeronautics and navy at the Alvorada Palace, the official residence of the president, in Brasilia to propose various legal mechanisms. intention to remain in power.

This was discovered by him then chief of the army Marco Freire Gomesin a statement by the Federal Police, which took place on March 1 and the contents of which became known this Friday to the most important media in the country.

Gomes’ testimony came as part of a Supreme Court investigation into a coup plot allegedly aimed at reversing Bolsonaro’s election defeat and preventing the inauguration of the current president, progressive Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from taking office. January 1, 2023

Bolsonaro supporters attacked the headquarters of three powers

Eight days later, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed the headquarters of three branches of government in an attempt to lead the armed forces to overthrow the government.

Bolsonaro, who has always denied involvement in any coup attempt, is listed only as a defendant in the case.

However, this is the first time that his name has been directly linked to draft presidential decrees of a coup nature that Brazilian authorities have discovered during the proceedings.

One of them was found in the home of former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, and the other in Bolsonaro’s office at the headquarters of the Liberal Party (LP), his political formation, in Brasilia.

The Supreme Court has already introduced preventive measures against the former head of state

February 8, confiscated his passport and did not allow him to leave the country and prohibited him from having contact with other investigators.

According to Freire Gomes, according to documents obtained by the press, at a meeting between Bolsonaro and military leaders on December 7, 2022, which also included Defense Minister General Paulo Sérgio Nogueira, Adviser Bolsonaro read out the contents of the coup decree.

Freire Gomes told the police station that Bolsonaro, an army reserve captain who ruled between 2019 and 2022, said the text was “being studied” and that he would inform them of its “evolution,” O Globo reported. .