Without quoting Trump, Lula says that Brazil does not accept ‘interference’ of anyone

President of the United States posted in defense of Bolsonaro and said that former president is persecution. Lula said ‘no one is above the law’ in Brazil. Lula speaks during BRICS Meeting on Rio Reuters/Ricardo Moraes President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stated in a social network on Monday (7) that the defense of democracy in Brazil is a subject that “competes to Brazilians” and that the country does not accept “interference or guardianship of anyone”. Lula did not mention in the publication the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who earlier made a post on his social network a post in defense of former President Jair Bolsonaro. “The defense of democracy in Brazil is a topic that is up to Brazilians. We are a sovereign country. We do not accept interference or guardianship of anyone. Trump used social networks to post a post in defense of Bolsonaro. In the Social Truth, the Republican wrote that Bolsonaro is the target of persecution. The American said that Brazil is doing “something terrible” in the treatment given to the former president, who is a defendant in the Supreme Court (STF) for attempted coup d’état after losing the elections to Lula (PT) in 2022. Not directly mentioning the lawsuits against Bolsonaro, Trump said he will closely monitor what happens in Brazil and that the former president “is not guilty.” In two judgments in 2023, the Superior Electoral Court made former President Jair Bolsonaro ineligible for 8 years for abuse of political power and misuse of media. The Electoral Justice understood that the meeting with foreign ambassadors at the Dawn Palace had electoral use. At the meeting, Bolsonaro made statements without evidence about the Brazilian electoral system. The meeting, which took place in July 2022, was broadcast on the government’s official TV. Bolsonaro is a defendant for attempted coup in March, the first class of the Supreme Court (STF) unanimously decided to defend the former president and seven allies for coup attempt in 2022. The five ministers voted to accept the complaint presented by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR). On June 10, Bolsonaro gave testimony. He denied the main charges, sought to contextualize meetings with military, admitted exaggerations in rhetoric against the electoral system and said he had no involvement with illegal plans. On June 27, the criminal action that investigates the participation of the political and operational core in the coup plot to keep Bolsonaro in power advanced to the final phase in the STF. Minister Alexandre de Moraes, rapporteur of the case, ended the so -called procedural instruction phase and determined the opening of the final allegations, in which the parties – prosecution and defenses – may submit the last considerations before the trial. To date, 497 people have been convicted by the Supreme Court for an attempted coup d’état in 2022. Most were considered guilty of the crimes of violent abolition of the Democratic Rule of Law, qualified damage, coup d’état, deterioration of overturned heritage and criminal association. Eight people were acquitted.

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