Brazilian national Police searched Friday morning the residence of erstwhile president Jair Bolsonaro and the seat of his organization in Brasilia. The court ordered him to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and banned contact with abroad diplomats. The erstwhile president described these measures as "demeanor" and called the case-leading justice "dictator".
Justice of the ultimate Court Alexandre de Moraes justified the preventive measures applied "the concrete possibility" that Bolsonaro would want to flee abroad. In addition to an electronic bracelet, the erstwhile president was banned from utilizing social media and approaching abroad embassies.
In an interview with Reuters Bolsonaro, he assured that he was not going to flee the country. However, he added that if he had recovered his passport received by the court last year, he would have met Donald Trump.
Bolsonaro feels humiliated
"I feel most humiliated," said the 70-year-old erstwhile president, referring to the ankle monitor bracelet. "I am 70 years old, and for 4 years I was president of the Republic," he added.
Bolsonaro called justice de Moraes "dictator" and assessed that the measures applied to him were a reaction to criticism of his trial on Trump's part. The U.S. president publically intercede for Brazilian politician, identifying actions against him as "a witch hunt".
Trump threatens Brazil's duties
Trump demanded that the Bolsonaro trial be discontinued and threatened Brazil with 50 percent duties. justice de Moraes in the justification of the fresh measures pointed out suspicions that Bolsonaro was trying to get the "head of a abroad state" to interfere in proceedings before a Brazilian court.
According to Reuters agency, customs threats against Brazil have already contributed to a crucial increase in public support for the current president Luiz Inacio Luli da Silva, a left-wing rival of Bolsonaro. Friday's police action and preventive measures against the erstwhile president are the latest sign that Trump's support is counterproductive.
Prohibition of contact with your son
Among the most fresh preventive measures was the ban on erstwhile president's contacts with his boy Eduard Bolsonaro. Eduardo sits in the Brazilian Congress, but a fewer months ago he moved permanently to Washington to search the support of the US administration for his father.
In an interview with Reuters Bolsonaro, he estimated that he was the only individual who could defeat Lula in the 2026 election. On the erstwhile President, however, there is simply a judicial ban on seeking this position until 2030 for trying to undermine the democratic system.
(PAP) Note: This article was edited with Artificial Intelligence.
