Bolsonaro says the world is collapsing on him, but he is not afraid of condemnation

Two days after the Federal Supreme Court (STF) released statements in which former army and air force commanders confirmed that Jair Bolsonaro pressured them to carry out a coup, the former president said he was being persecuted. victim of merciless persecution, this Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. Bolsonaro said that the world is collapsing on his head, but he is not afraid of condemnation.

“The world is collapsing on my head because I am a cobblestone in the leftist’s shoe. But I am not afraid of any condemnation as long as the judges are impartial. I would have been very happy in another country, but I chose to return, despite the risks I am exposed to,” the former president said.

The statements refer to the three months Bolsonaro spent in the US after leaving office for fear of being arrested by the new government. Participating in an ally’s provisional candidacy for mayor of Rio de Janeiro in next October’s municipal elections, the act attracted few supporters despite Bolsonaro having his main electoral stronghold in the capital, Rio de Janeiro.

Showing that he is not afraid to face the legal challenges he will face in the numerous cases before the court, Jair Bolsonaro has already outlined a line of defense for possible convictions. The phrase that he is not afraid of trials if they are presided over by exempt judges is an allusion to the judge who will try him, Alexandre de Moraes, who heads all the cases pending against Bolsonaro in the STF, and who, as President Supreme The electoral court (TSE) in June last year already deprived the former head of state of the right to participate in elections until 2030.

In other words, Bolsonaro is already preparing an accusation that if he is found guilty, it will be because he did not have a fair trial. Just as, anticipating defeat in the 2022 presidential election, when he sought re-election, he stated that if he lost, it would be because the election would be subject to fraud.