Bolsonaro fears prison if he loses the October elections

Jair Bolsonaro believes he could be arrested if he does not win Brazil’s presidential election, scheduled for October 2. This is at least the conviction of the current supreme leader of this Portuguese-speaking country, who passed it on to a limited circle of people, according to Information from journalist Monica Bergamo, In his regular column in Folha de S. Paulo newspaper.

Practically speaking, the President of Brazil, who will try to win another suffrage, this time with his main rival Lula da Silva, knows that public justice will be able to judge him due to some of the hundreds of accusations leveled against him. him, specifically because of his “behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic” and also because of “attacks on the electoral system”.

It should be noted that Jair Bolsonaro is currently protected, since, as president, he can only respond to criminal proceedings related to his mandate. Therefore, the Prosecutor General of the Republic will have to denounce Bolsonaro, and then the approval of the Chamber of Deputies will still be necessary for the trial before the Federal Supreme Court. So far, however, neither of these assumptions have occurred.

The fear of Jair Bolsonaro, whom his sources at Folha de S. Paulo have seen as quite “disturbed” in recent weeks, is not just about himself. Also according to the newspaper, the Brazilian president also believes that justice can turn to his family, specifically to three of his four sons, Chancellor Carlos Bolsonaro (Republican from RJ), Representative Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSL-SP.) and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro. (Republicans-RJ), who has also been involved in several controversial issues, since his father’s arrival in Planalto, in January 2019.

Also this Tuesday, the Metropole newspaper It addresses this climate of doubt by Jair Bolsonaro. According to some of the people contacted by the newspaper, the president stressed that he would shoot “to kill”, in case someone tried to capture him: “I’d rather die.”