President Lula da Silva’s Workers’ Party has formally asked the United States to deny a tourist visa requested last week by former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Entering the US on December 30 as head of state on a supposedly official visit, although he was not invited by anyone, Bolsonaro on January 27 requested an amendment to his tourist visa that would allow him to stay in the country for another six years. months.
Bolsonaro’s visa denial request was made in two ways: by a letter sent to the US authorities responsible for reviewing applications from foreigners, namely the Fraud Prevention and Control Unit, and to the US Ambassador to Brazil, Elizabeth Frawley Bagley. This Friday, the diplomat met with President Lula da Silva to prepare for the visit that the Brazilian will make to the United States in the coming days, and with the federal deputy and leader of the PT in the Chamber of Deputies, Reginaldo López, who accompanied the head of state, took the opportunity to personally present a letter to a diplomat.
In an official letter, the Workers’ Party emphasizes to the anti-fraud department that Jair Bolsonaro entered the US fraudulently, citing an official visit without actually being invited by any US authority, and just a day before the expiration of his term, which ended. 31th of December. That is, the presidential party emphasizes, Bolsonaro had already been used in bad faith when entering the country, because he knew perfectly well that the day after his arrival in the United States he would lose his mandate and the right to use a diplomatic visa.
In addition, reinforcing a request made to the US ambassador and watchdog, Bolsonaro has now requested a tourist visa but engaged in political activities and paid events that are prohibited to those with such permission to be in the country. . On the 31st, for example, Jair Bolsonaro became the star of a paid event (each ticket cost between $10 and $50, depending on how close the guest was to the former president) held by his supporters in Orlando to try to raise money. for those who remain in the country, and representatives of the former ruler organize a schedule of paid lectures, which is also prohibited by law.
Astutely, Bolsonaro asked to change his visa just three days before the expiration of the previous one, and since such a request usually takes two to four months to answer, in principle he will be able to stay in the country legally. United States until the decision of local authorities. The former president stayed at the luxurious Encore Resort At Reunion condominium in Kissim, a city near Orlando, spending the first 30 days supposedly as a guest at the mansion of former Brazilian fighter José Aldo, and this week moved to another elegant home in the same condominium, paid for by we still don’t know.
Bolsonaro’s wife, Michelle, and their youngest daughter, 10, who will resume classes in Brazil next week, who traveled with him to the US in December, returned to Brazil on January 26, and the former first lady embarked on an active political agenda. in place of her husband. The former president, who followed the advice of his lawyers and fled the day before he was stripped of his presidential immunity to avoid the risk of being arrested in one of more than 20 investigations in which he appears, remained in prison. USA with his son Carlos, an adviser in Rio de Janeiro and the head of the most radical wing of the Bolsonaris, who, like his father, fears arrest.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This Correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal

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