It's not enough to defeat Bolsonaro; Brazil's PT wants to see him in jail

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It's not enough to defeat Bolsonaro; Brazil's PT wants to see him in jail

By Alexandre Garcia

Can Bolsonaro be arrested? Theoretically, this is the desire of the coalition that elected Lula, who filed a lawsuit with the TSE accusing Bolsonaro of misuse of the media and abuse of political power.

The problem is that the suit fell into the hands of Minister Benedito Gonçalves. The one of the slaps on the face, received from Lula. The one who whispered in Alexandre de Moraes' ear (and the microphone picked up) "mission given, mission accomplished.

The people are asking that not only Bolsonaro and his vice-president Braga Netto be investigated, but also congressmen who are staunch supporters of Bolsonaro,

Such as Bia Kicis, Carla Zambelli, and Eduardo Bolsonaro; Senator Flávio Bolsonaro; and three newly-elected congressmen who had many votes: Gustavo Gayer, Magno Malta, and Nikolas Ferreira. What is the goal? To try to "de-re-elect," as they have already managed to "de-designate" back there.

They want to annul the votes - not those of Flávio Bolsonaro, because he still has his eight-year mandate - and consider Bolsonaro an electoral criminal for having abused the media.

Imagine, he didn't abuse it because he didn't even have information or mass communication means at his disposal; abuse of political power wasn't the case either, he stayed in his.

But since the action is in the hands of someone who has no love for Bolsonaro, quite the contrary, there is this risk.
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