“To be imprisoned, death or victory”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that he had three alternatives for his near future: “To be imprisoned, death or victory”, during a meeting with evangelists during a visit to the region of Goiania.

“I have three alternatives for my future: to be in prison, to be dead or to win. You can be sure that the first alternative does not exist; I do the right thing and I owe nothing to anyone,” he said. declared the president, who aspires to be re-elected in 2022, according to statements reproduced by the local press.

In the middle of tensions with justice, President recharged against the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and the Higher Electoral Court (TSE), and warned: “No man here on earth is going to scare me“He also denounced the“ arbitrary measures ”of justice.

Bolsonaro suffered a setback on Wednesday, when Brazilian Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco rejected his request for the opening of dismissal proceedings against Alexandre de Moraes, one of the eleven judges of the STF, and member of the TSE.

The dispute began months ago, among other causes, by the Bolsonaro’s questions on the legitimacy of the electronic voting system in Brazil, in force since 1996.

The Supreme Court has opened various cases against the president. And earlier this month, De Moraes ordered to investigate the Brazilian president for the offenses of “slander” and “incitement to crime”.

On the other hand, the TSE included the president in an investigation initiated in 2019 by the STF to determine the origin of false news, crimes and threats to several of its judges.

Friday, before heading to Goiania, Bolsonaro encouraged the population to arm themselves: “Everyone must buy a rifle. An armed people will never be enslaved,” he said.

And, at a time when inflation fears are growing, he added, “I know it’s expensive. Some idiots might say ‘you have to buy beans.’ if you don’t want to buy a rifle, don’t disturb whoever wants to buy it“.

In the morning of this Saturday, in the capital of the state of Goiás, the president he walked without a mask among a cluster of followers outside the temple, according to images on their social media.

Then he called from the stage on the evangelicals – a key group in his electoral base – to participate in the acts of support planned for September 7, the date of the commemoration of Independence Day.

LM