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Bolsonaro Fala: ?O Judiciário persegue a direita porque tem medo da nossa força!?
45 statements · 1 politicians · June 26, 2025 · 6 min
Statements by Jair Messias Bolsonaro. 45 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified.
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Mr. President, at the same time we know that there is, in all this persecution, the objective of taking him out of next year's race.
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Considering the issue involving the ambassadors, the meeting with the ambassadors, the September 7 event on Avenida Paulista, and, of course, Brasília.
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We have been following the narratives being constructed and the attempt to actually take him out of the running in 2026.
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And what I defend, Mr. President, is a defense of Pitório.
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If he's not in the race next year by his own decision — you made the decision not to run and to nominate someone — then that is your decision.
Desconhecido
Now, if the decision to keep him out of the race for something that doesn't hold up actually persists, I understand that it is an election that loses meaning for us, Mr. President.
For me it is a denial of democracy.
What is democracy?
It is embodied by an auditable vote.
And with public counting.
That's how an election is held.
Back then, you can see, in '82, despite the reaction that the Armed Forces had toward Brizola, he was elected governor of Rio de Janeiro.
And all of that was respected.
Now, on the contrary, you can see — the polls, they always become wary and run the poll.
But then the polls are showing me.
I am the most competitive and would beat Lula in the elections.
Then the other names are down below.
So, taking us out of the race through ineligibilities or absurd convictions is known as lawfare.
In other words, judicial activism happened in France — Maria Le Pen is ineligible for five years; in Romania it's the same; in the United States they almost managed to take Trump out of the electoral scene, and with me here in Brazil.
And it's not just with me; other people too, for example Eduardo Bolsonaro.
Maybe he will have difficulties, because he is under investigation.
After he decided to stay in the United States, when he decided to stay permanently, on the same day the PGR said they had nothing against him, Minister Alexandre Moraes archived the case; there was nothing against him.
But in the following days, after he began to speak about the... the possibilities of sanctions here in Brazil for those who do not respect freedom of expression, and also because I had sent an appeal of mine to him, he was included in the specific inquiry against him.
He is attempting against the Democratic State and Law, conspiring against institutions here in Brazil — 12 years in prison.
That is to say, they don't know what will happen to him, but he could become ineligible, just like another 25 parliamentarians.
Top-name parliamentarians, well-known ones — it's Gaia, it's Nicolas, it's Cabo Gilberto, from Paraíba — there are 25 names; for occupying the Chamber's podium, they are under inquiries, those specific inquiries of the reporting minister.
So, they may, later on, be convicted; these people won't go to jail, but while that period of the conviction is in force, they lose their political rights and can't run for anything.
Desconhecido
Mr. President, and coincidentally, many of the names already signaled, including by you, for a race for the Senate in 2026, right?
The last name was Carlos, right?
I spoke with him; I speak for the PL; I do not speak for other parties, okay?
And we decided here that he could be a candidate for the Senate from Santa Catarina.
Two days later, he was included in the BIN Paralela.
You're seeing now in the specialized press that the federal government is spending money to monitor political opponents.
This is happening.
So, this whole process, combined with the fact that the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) decided to extend the validity of the inquiries until 2026, is a sign that they will be active on this matter.
They are going to... It's not that they are, right?
They are showing that... that these people with potential for the Senate will have problems with the justice system.
This is also a denial of democracy.
I never said that we want a strong Senate for any other measure of force.
I want a strong Senate to rebalance the powers and so that we can say that Brazil is a democratic country that will respect its Constitution, and that freedom of expression will be respected.
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