Senator Marcos do Val, of the conservative Podemos party, has assured that Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro sought to convince him to carry out a coup d’état, taking advantage of his military experience, subsequently announced that he will leave office, shortly after the inauguration of Congress.
«I was angry when I was called Bolsonarista. You expected me to drop a bombshell. On Friday will come out in ‘Veja’ (Brazilian magazine) Bolsonaro’s attempt to convince me so that I could stage a coup with him,» he revealed on Wednesday night in a live broadcast through his social networks.
After denouncing Bolsonaro’s alleged coup aspirations, Do Val used his Instagram profile to announce that after four years as senator for the state of Espírito Santo he was leaving politics for good and would return with his family to the United States to continue his career.
«The offenses I have been receiving are weighing heavily on my family. May God comfort the hearts of all my constituents. Forgive me, but my time, my health, and even my health, are not enough,» Do Val said goodbye.
Do Val’s resignation comes just hours after deputies and senators from both chambers of the Brazilian Congress took office. In the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira was re-elected president, confirming not only the expectations, but also achieving a record vote, with more than 92 percent of the votes after the agreement of about fifteen benches.
In the Senate, the matter was somewhat closer, but in the end Rodrigo Pacheco revalidated his mandate, winning over Rogério Marinho, thanks in part to pressure from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Workers’ Party (PT), which thus prevailed in the first clash of the legislature.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
