A few days after Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro had his passport confiscated by federal police, he spent two nights in the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia in February. There are indications that he may have planned his escape as he is under investigation on suspicion of a coup.
The New York Times first reported on it. She based her findings on images from security cameras at the embassy. The case raises questions about the plans of the right-wing ex-president, who faces multiple criminal investigations in Brazil while several members of his inner circle are already in prison. The Brazilian police would not be able to arrest a politician who is in a foreign embassy.
According to his lawyer, Bolsonaro only wanted to maintain contacts
Bolsonaro’s lawyer explained on a social media platform that the ex-president wanted to maintain contact with the friendly country’s officials by staying at the Hungarian embassy and learn more about the political landscape of both countries. “Any other interpretations beyond the information provided here are clearly fictitious, have nothing to do with the reality of the facts and are in practice just another piece of fake news,” he wrote.
On Monday evening, Brazil’s Foreign Ministry called on the Hungarian ambassador to clarify the reasons for Bolsonaro’s stay at the embassy. The Hungarian embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The New York Times reported that Bolsonaro’s lawyer declined to comment on the report, but a Hungarian embassy official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the plan to receive the former president.
Bolsonaro called Hungarian Prime Minister ‘brother’
Bolsonaro maintains good relations with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Bolsonaro called Orban his “brother” during a visit to Hungary in 2022, and the two met in Buenos Aires this year for the inauguration of Argentina’s new right-wing president, Javier Milei.
The former president is said to have planned a coup
Police confiscated Bolsonaro’s passport on February 8 and accused him of plotting to overturn the 2022 election results, calling on military leaders to take part in an attempted coup and plotting to imprison a Supreme Court judge.
Last year, a Brazilian court ruled that Bolsonaro would be ineligible for political office until 2030 due to his spread of disinformation during the 2022 elections. Two weeks ago, the former heads of Brazil’s army and air force confirmed that Bolsonaro had discussed a draft decree to prevent the transfer of power after the elections. On March 19, federal police also accused him of entering false data into the South American country’s vaccination database.
Source: Krone
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