Brazilian MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of conservative former president Jia Bolsonaro, announced Tuesday that he will seek political asylum in the United States.
Bolsonaro, who has been in the US since February, Interview and CNN Brasil. He said he would request asylum on the grounds that he is the target of a persecution campaign led by Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes.
“There are no flights to Brazil. We have to apply for political asylum with the US government,” Bolsonaro told the outlet.
“Brazil is no longer a democracy. It is impossible for lawmakers to lose their passports for what he says. Where is the immunity of parliament?” he continued. “I am not going to be exposed to this and stay under Alexandre des Moreise's thumb. I am on leave to represent the interests of my constituents, those who voted for me.”
In late February, a group of lawmakers from the ruling Left Workers' Party (PT) officially became request Local authorities investigate Bolsonaro, seize a passport that allegedly committed “crimes against sovereignty” and criticised the STF along with US lawmakers. Leftists accused Bolsonaro when they were allegedly “conspired” with US lawmakers against Brazilian judiciary.
The group's charges came shortly after the House Judiciary Committee I passed “No Censorship of Our Coast” is a law intended to codify the law provisions that prohibit or deport foreign government officials from the United States if they engage in official acts that violate the Americans' first right to amend.
Hours before his conversation with CNN Brasil, Eduardo Bolsonaro announced through a video on his personal X-account that he would take unpaid leave from Congress and focus on seeking “appropriate sanctions for those who violate human rights.”
“Here, in the United States, we will focus on seeking justice and proper punishment for the fate of Alexandre des Moraise and his FBI. [sic] Bolsonaro said in the video. “The small, wasted jellyfish guy is not used to dealing with a convicted man,” Bolsonaro said.
“I thought you could threaten me with political interests and privileges, but you couldn't have been any more wrong,” the lawmaker continued. “It is not a caricature that the best lawmakers truly called are hanging over to the title of bureaucracy. I will contemplate the law of disappointment and resign in order to remain strong in my mission.”
Referring to the demand for the passport to be seized, Bolsonaro argued that everyone in Brazil “knows” that de Moraise “can do anything, whether it is clearly illegal or unconstitutional.” He said if De Moraise wanted to grab his passport, “If I want to arrest me so that I can no longer report his crimes in the United States, this is exactly where I will stay and work harder than ever.”
A few hours after Bolsonaro posted the video, Brazilian top coat Justice Domination To deny the demands filed by the Workers' Party lawmakers, the prosecutor's office (which is responsible for bringing charges or demanding that the investigation be shut down) is opposed to the seizure of the lawmakers' passports. Brazilian prosecutor Paulo Gonette argued that the complaints filed by the left did not include the minimum element to justify launching an investigation.
In an interview with Brazilian outlet Revista Oeste on Tuesday, Jair Bolsonaro, a conservative former president of Brazil I said He wanted to see his son freely in the United States rather than being persecuted in his home country.
“I want him to be free in the US rather than being threatened here in Brazil. And what we're trying to do, he has full support for me. He can continue,” Bolsonaro said. It is listed. “I'm not in charge of him anymore, but he's 42, 43 years old — but he does an amazing job there and continues to do great work for us here in Brazil.”
“If the federal aide who has received the most votes in Brazil's history is forced to choose between exiles or prisons, this country can no longer be called a democracy,” Bolsonaro said in another statement posted on his social media. “When law gives way to persecution, what we have is open tyranny, and now the whole world is paying attention.”
Former President Bolsonaro was officially charging In February, he poisoned current radical leftist President Louis Inacio Lula da Silva, and is said to have been set in a “coup” after a narrow defeat in the 2022 presidential election. De Moraise, alongside other members of the Brazilian topcoat, will rule to determine whether Bolsonaro will go to court on March 25th. Sunday, Jer Bolsonaro I insisted He had no plans to flee Brazil to avoid the possibility of an arrest ordered by the STF.
Brazilian lawmakers may do so take Up to 120 days (4 months) leave per legislative session without losing mission. CNN Brasil It has been reported On Wednesday morning, Eduardo Bolsonaro's seat in Brazil's House of Representatives will be occupied by conservative liberal party (PL) missionary Jose Olympio if Bolsonaro is not present for more than 120 days.
Christian K. Calzo is a Venezuelan writer and documents life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
