Bolsonaro Ordered To Face Questioning Over Brazil Riots
Date
4/15/2023 3:04:35 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) A Supreme Court judge ordered Brazil's ex-president Jair
Bolsonaro Friday to face questioning by Police over his supporters'
invasion of the presidential palace, Congress, and high court on
January 8.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled Bolsonaro had to appear before
federal police within 10 days to answer to questions over
accusations he incited the rioters, who called for the ouster of
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolsonaro in last
year's elections.
“I grant the request by the prosecutor general's office and
determine the federal police must take Jair Messias Bolsonaro's
testimony within a maximum of 10 days,” Moraes wrote in the ruling,
obtained by AFP.
Thousands of Bolsonaro's far-right supporters stormed the halls
of power in Brasilia on January 8, trashing offices, vandalizing
artworks and calling for the military to intervene to oust veteran
leftist Lula.
The scenes drew widespread comparisons to the January 6, 2021
riots in Washington, when supporters of ex-president Donald Trump
-- Bolsonaro's political role model -- invaded the US Capitol
building in a failed bid to overturn his election loss.
The riots in Brasilia came one week after Lula, who previously
led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took office after narrowly beating
Bolsonaro in a brutal, divisive election last October.
Prosecutors called for Bolsonaro to be investigated over a video
he posted online -- and later deleted -- two days after the
attacks, in which he portrayed Lula's election as illegitimate.
However, prosecutors said their probe of the ex-president would
not be limited to the video, but a“full investigation of all acts
before and after January 8.”
Bolsonaro, who left for the US state of Florida in the final
days of his term, returned to Brazil on March 30, vowing to oppose
Lula's government.
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