Senator Marcos do Val declared Thursday night before the Federal Police that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro «at no time was against the coup plan» that former Congressman Daniel Silveira proposed in a meeting in December, on the eve of the inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva.
Do Val affirmed that in that meeting at the Alvorada Palace there was talk of recording without authorization any conversation that would compromise Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, also president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), and one of the targets on which bolsonarismo has dedicated constant attacks.
«During the entire conversation, the former president kept quiet, the feeling was that the former president knew nothing and that Daniel Silveira sought to obtain the consent of both the declarant and the president; who at no time denied the plan or showed himself contrary to it, keeping silent,» is extracted from Do Val’s statement to the Police.
Do Val said that «at a certain moment» of the meeting, Silveira — who is under arrest for attacks and threats to institutions — asked him if he would be able to fulfill «a very important mission», which consisted of illegally recording De Moraes in some kind of conversation that in a certain way could imply that the Supreme Court judge was violating the Constitution.
Do Val added that there was a moment, «the only one» of the conversation in which Bolsonaro made a statement and «it was when the declarant said that he would need a few days to give an answer». At that moment the former Brazilian president said he would «wait», according to Brazilian media.
Days after that meeting, the senator said he sent a message to Silveira confirming that he would not participate in the plan and then spoke personally with Judge De Moraes to inform him of the content of the meeting, of which he already knew in advance thanks to Do Val’s prior notice.
The objective of the plan, according to Do Val’s account, was to challenge the election results and prevent the inauguration of President Lula da Silva. The statements to the Police confirm what he had told the press and on social networks previously and he has handed over his cell phone to make available to the authorities more conversations on this matter.
DE MORAES CONFIRMS THE COUPIST ATTEMPT Subsequently to the senator’s statements, Judge De Moraes has pointed out that the plan orchestrated by Silveira shows the degree of «ridiculousness» to which it has reached to attempt a coup d’état in Brazil, although he has denied that he met with Do Val on up to two occasions as the senator claims.
«What he told me was that Congressman Daniel Silveira sought him out and that he participated in a meeting with the then president of the republic and that the brilliant idea they had was to place wiretaps so that the senator could record me and from that recording, they could ask for my withdrawal from the management of the investigations», said de Moraes during his participation in the Lide Brazil Conference.
Before referring to this issue, De Moraes defended the implementation of national and global legislation to deal with the «coordinated attacks» of the extreme right through digital platforms.
«Not only a more modern legislation, which foresees internal protection mechanisms, but also more international agreements that allow these platforms to be held accountable», said the judge, who praised the «quick» and «effective» response of the Brazilian justice system to the coup attacks of January 8.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
