The Government of Brazil led by Lula da Silva wants former President Jair Bolsonaro to appear in court in the coming months, which is why it is considering taking measures to return to the country at the end of March in case you do not do it voluntarily.
As reported Bloombergan adviser to Lula da Silva affirms that it is unlikely that Bolsonaro will be arrested as soon as he steps on Brazilian soil since, for now, no formal charges have been filed against him despite the fact that he is being investigated for several cases, including the coup attempt last January.
Bolsonaro is on vacation in Florida, United States, since the end of December, just a few days before Lula was sworn in as president of Brazil; an act that the former president wanted to avoid at all costs. There he was hospitalized for severe abdominal pain that he has been dragging since he was victim of a stabbing during the 2018 election campaign.
[Encuentran un borrador de golpe de Estado firmado por Bolsonaro en casa del exministro de Justicia]
He will participate in an act with Trump
The former Brazilian president has several investigations open, including his alleged responsibility for inciting the assault on the powers that be on January 8 by his followers and his attacks on the electoral system, which has been casting doubt on its validity.
Before his return, Bolsonaro is scheduled to participate in Washington with former President Donald Trump at the Annual Conservative Political Action Conference to be held March 1-4.
He will return without pay
On February 15, and in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Bolsonaro assured that I would return in March to Brazil to lead the opposition to the government of Lula da Silva since, according to what he said, he is “the leader of the right” and “there is no one else at this time” who can face the new Brazilian president.
On his return to Brazil, Bolsonaro should lead that opposition to the government of Lula without receiving salary one of its formation, the Liberal Party (PL), which has its accounts frozen by decision of the Superior Electoral Tribunal after attempts to annul the majority of the votes from the electronic ballot boxes, against which Bolsonaro has staged a particular crusade.
The TSE’s decision to freeze the PL’s accounts seeks to guarantee that the party pays the fine of 22.9 million reais (4.1 million euros) that it imposed after considering that it acted in bad faith by litigating an audit in which without evidence they questioned the validity of the elections.
The measure is expected to be in force until April, although the PL has been able to unfreeze 1.1 million reais (about 197,000 euros) to pay the December and January payrolls of its workers, but not those of Bolsonaro and his wife, Michelle , which has been entrusted with the management of the women’s section of the party.
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