He Supreme Federal Court (STF) from Brazil authorized that the former president Jair Bolsonaro Get out of jail this Wednesday to undergo the preoperative examinations necessary before an inguinal hernia operation to be performed the next day in a hospital in Brasília.
The outcome was made possible by the judge Alexandre de Moraesafter a forensic examination by the federal police revealed the need for medical intervention. The judge is the same one responsible for the trial in which Bolsonaro was convicted in September sentenced to 27 years in prison for the attempted coup occurred on January 8, 2023.
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The decision marks the first time since he took office at the end of November that the leader of the Liberal Party has left the federal police headquarters in Brasilia after being blamed for the events recorded more than two years ago. The operation will be carried out at DF Star Hospital, where former President will occur on the morning of December 24th.
The surgeon Cláudio Birolini explained this to the newspaper Or globe that the process will be further developed in two stages. “On Wednesday we will have examinations and pre-operative preparation, and Early Thursday morning, surgery. “We have not yet determined when we will perform the anesthesia on the phrenic nerve,” the doctor said.
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Bolsonaro’s defense had requested judicial approval to do so two interventions: one for the Inguinal hernia and another one for him Anesthetic blockade of the phrenic nervewhich controls the diaphragm, due to recurring hiccups. Given the scale of the operation, Moraes ordered this Police monitor the room 24 hours a day of the former president in the hospital, with at least two agents at the door. In addition, access to computers, cell phones and other electronic devices was prohibited.
The judge approved that too Michelle BolsonaroWife of the former president, whoever accompany him during his hospital stay. Although he did not confirm this, he left open the possibility of allowing further visits, always with prior judicial approval.
days ago, Moraes had refused the request of Bolsonaro’s lawyers to comply with this House arrest and dismissed an appeal seeking to overturn the conviction. In November, the Supreme Court ruled that all legal remedies had been exhausted, so the former president served his sentence in a federal police unit in Brasilia. He was later transferred having burned the electronic anklet that had been placed on him.
Bolsonaro was found guilty of leading a “criminal organization” that conspired to ensure “authoritarian control of power” after his election defeat against the incumbent president. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvain October 2022.
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