04/16/2024 – 22:05
General Walter Braga Netto, investigated by the Federal Police as part of Operation Tempus Veritatis, which investigates the attempted coup d'état after the 2022 elections, shared, this Tuesday, 16, a invitation video to the act called by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) in Rio de Janeiro. The general did not comment on the investigations and remained silent during his statement to the PF.
On his Instagram profile, the former minister of the Civil House and candidate for vice on Bolsonaro's ticket added to his stories (a publication lasting up to 24 hours) the video made by the ex-president himself. In it, Bolsonaro says that the event, scheduled for next Sunday, the 21st, in Copacabana, will give “continuity” to the event on February 25th that took place on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo.
According to the former head of the Executive, it will be “a peaceful meeting, where we will be fighting for our Democratic Rule of Law, for freedom of expression, in other words, for democracy”. He also confirms the presence of pastor Silas Malafaia at the event and says that the event “is for Brazil, it is for our good”. Governor Cláudio Castro (PL) and federal deputy Alexandre Ramagem (PL-RJ) are also expected to attend the event.
Braga Netto, who shared the video without adding comments, is prohibited from having contact with other targets of the operation launched in February, such as Augusto Heleno, Anderson Torres, Valdemar Costa Neto, Paulo Sérgio Nogueira and Almir Garnier Santos. Therefore, if he attends the event, he must keep his distance from the former president.
Investigations point to the general as an organizer of the criminal organization that staged a coup d'état to prevent the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). According to investigations, he led a campaign that put pressure on Armed Forces officers who rejected the coup plan.
In messages from December 2022 obtained by the PF, the former minister says that the “blame for what is happening and will happen lies with General Freire Gomes”. He even called the Army commander a “shithole” and told him to “offer his head”. Braga Netto also classified Baptista Júnior as a “traitor to the country” and told him to “make his life and his family hell”.
The PF is also investigating whether the general tried to capture officers from the Army Special Forces, the so-called “Black Kids”, for the coup plot. According to the investigation, he organized a meeting at his apartment, in Brasília, in November 2022, to discuss financing a hotel, food and material for Bolsonarist protesters, including military personnel.
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