Federal District Deputy Governor Selina León (PP) said Papuda prison cannot accommodate former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for a coup attempt. Amid the impasse over where Bolsonaro will serve his sentence, Selina stressed that Bolsonaro’s health and advanced age mean he cannot remain in prison.
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— He needs a special diet, he’s elderly, and he’s a former president. If you take good care of it, it will last a long time. Due to the surgery, we are unable to prepare the special meals he needs. And even in the most remote areas, the situation is not suitable for the former president, the lieutenant governor said in an interview with SBT News.
Governor Ibaneis Rocha (MDB) stressed that Papuda has “physical conditions” to accept Bolsonaro and that it is up to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to judge the situation. When asked about the matter, unlike Selina, he claimed not to know about the former president’s health condition.
—The Supreme Court will decide. Only Sheep (Prison Office Director) obeys. I know the prison situation and we have the physical situation as well. The former president’s health condition is currently unknown. I don’t know how he is, I don’t visit him, and we are not friends. It is not known whether he will be able to survive in prison with the food available there, the governor told the Metropole website.
Mr. Ibanez announced his support for Mr. Bolsonaro in the second round of the 2022 presidential election, and former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro has already announced her support for Mr. Celina as the successor to the DF government in 2026. Similarly, the current coach has already expressed his desire to do a “double” with party leader PL Müller in order to win a ticket to the Bundestag next year.
GLOBO columnist Mar Gaspar reports that Bolsonaro will begin his sentence in the 19th Military Police Battalion of the Federal District, known as Papuzinha, so nicknamed because it is located inside the Papuda prison. The decision rests with Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
Papuginha is primarily a reservation for incarcerated gendarmerie members, and has already hosted other authorities, including former minister Anderson Torres, former DF deputy governor Benedito Domingos, and former health secretary Francisco Araujo. For example, members of the former PM-DF leadership suspected of inaction in the January 8 coup were taken there. The officers have been released and are awaiting trial before the STF.
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