Bolsonaro obtains medical discharge and returns to federal police prison

BRASILIA – Former President Jair Bolsonaro was released for medical reasons this Thursday the 1st and left the DF Star Hospital shortly after 6:40 p.m. this afternoon. The former head of the Executive was taken to the federal police headquarters in Brasilia to continue serving the 27-year prison sentence to which he was sentenced for the coup d’état perpetrated by his government in 2022.

Bolsonaro left the hospital in an unmarked PF vehicle. A few minutes earlier, former first lady Michele Bolsonaro also left the scene. The vehicle was accompanied by scouts from the Federal District military police.

Previously, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court, had rejected a new request for humanitarian house arrest against the former president. When evaluating the request, Minister Alexandre de Moraes considered that the defense did not present “occurring facts which could exclude” the reasons for its continued under closed regime.

The minister also stressed that, “contrary to what was claimed by the defense”, Bolsonaro’s state of health did not worsen, but rather there was a “clinical picture of improvement in the discomfort he felt, after carrying out new elective surgical interventions”.

Bolsonaro was admitted to DF Star Hospital on Christmas Eve, with Moraes’ agreement, to undergo his eighth surgery the next day since 2018, when he suffered a knife attack during the election campaign. The surgical procedure was to treat an inguinal hernia.

The former president also underwent a series of procedures on his phrenic nerve, in an effort to alleviate his recurring bouts of hiccups.

Flavio attacks Moraes

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) reacted this Thursday 1st to the decision of Minister Alexandre de Moraes to keep his father at the federal police headquarters in Brasilia. The senator argued that the former director general needed care that cannot be guaranteed in a prison.

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Flávio argued that Moraes’ decision is “full of sarcasm”. “How long will Moraes have power of attorney to commit acts of torture,” Moraes wrote. “Read the report, be abject,” he added, referring to the document which, according to the senator, is “clear” in emphasizing that the former president “needs permanent care which cannot be guaranteed in prison”.