Brazilian rightist Bolsonaro says he doesn’t worry being placed on trial By Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro mentioned on Saturday he doesn’t worry being placed on trial, in the future after a police investigation revealed the far-right politician tried to co-op the nation’s navy chiefs in a coup plan to overturn his 2022 election defeat.

Bolsonaro didn’t refer on to the allegations made by two armed forces commanders that he had summoned them to debate a doable coup d’etat to forestall leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from returning to energy.

However he did confer with a trial he might face, as proof mounts of his efforts to persuade the navy to step in.

“I don’t worry any judgment, so long as the judges are neutral,” Bolsonaro mentioned at a political rally in Rio de Janeiro to again his candidate for mayor of the town in native elections in October.

On the occasion in a Rio samba faculty quadrangle, the previous president claimed he was being politically persecuted by the Lula authorities as a result of he was a thorn within the facet of the left.

Bolsonaro has denied planning a coup after his election defeat, which he by no means conceded. He left for Florida to keep away from handing the presidential sash to Lula, and days later Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed authorities buildings in an try to impress a coup.

Final yr, Bolsonaro was banned from working for elected workplace for eight years for abusing his energy as president and repeatedly criticizing the nation’s electoral system. He might face doable arrest and a trial by the Supreme Courtroom.

The group in Rio cheered Bolsonaro’s identify as he endorsed Alexandre Ramagem, a former police chief who briefly served as head of the nationwide intelligence company throughout his presidency.

“I hope to proceed in politics,” Bolsonaro mentioned.

Ramagen is working towards incumbent Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, who’s supported by Lula.