“Outside the jurisdiction of the court”

After Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) voted to accept the complaint filed by the Attorney General’s Department (PGR) against Federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), the MP went online and reposted a publication by the influential Paulo Figueiredo criticizing the decision. Eduardo was accused of coercion in the process for his actions in the United States in support of sanctions against Brazilian authorities. Minister Flavio Dino also voted to accept the complaint.

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Paulo Figueiredo wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “It was reported without a source because it was a legal act that took place outside the jurisdiction of the court.” “He becomes the first politician in our country’s recent history to be tried in absentia without a defense. This is not just Alexander’s personal revenge, but a futile attempt to remove Eduardo Bolsonaro from the polls,” he added.

Eduardo Bolsonaro republishes Paulo Figueiredo’s post — Photo: Reproduction

If Moraes’ position is accepted by a majority of the Cabinet, a criminal case will be opened with Eduardo Bolsonaro as the defendant. An analysis of the merits of the case, whether innocent or guilty, is for another time.

“The Attorney General’s Office has established the existence of the necessary justifications for initiating criminal proceedings against defendant Eduardo Nantes Bolsonaro and detailed his criminal acts,” the minister wrote during the vote.

The trial begins with a virtual plenary session this Friday and is scheduled to continue until November 25th. Ministers Carmen Lucia, Cristiano Zanin and Flavio Dino will also vote.

The complaint primarily used public statements from Eduardo Filho and Figueiredo Filho. Gone stressed that the two men were aware of their actions in publications on social networks, interviews and other speeches that led the US authorities to impose sanctions on Brazil. Message exchanges between Mr. Eduardo and Mr. Bolsonaro were also used as evidence.

In the complaint, the attorney general said, “The facts revealed in this complaint are based on solid evidence, including, among other things, the subjects of the investigation’s social networks, their public statements in interviews, and data extracted from their confiscated cell phones.”

“The accused duo announced the sanctions in advance, celebrated them when they were imposed, and self-designated them as a prelude to further sanctions if the Supreme Court did not yield. As the accused duo themselves triumphantly confess, this measure was earned by the duo’s hard work,” Gonnet wrote.