FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 29, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Denies Plotting Coup To Stay In Power

Posted by: lukwago J in world news July 13, 2023

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denied accusations yesterday that he is plotting a coup having lost the 2022 election to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

However following amid persistent questioning of his commitment to democracy following demonstrations in support of authoritarian measures seen as anti-Congress and anti-Supreme Court.

In an interview with Radio Bandeirantes, Bolsonaro criticized claims that he was threatening other branches of government. “There is no such thing. These are baseless allegations,” he said. “Our democratic system works very well.”

Bolsonaro’s comments follow a series of public displays last weekend, including large rallies in Brasilia and Sao Paulo on Sunday, where demonstrators demanded a military intervention to bolster the president’s grip on power. Some protesters even called for Congress and the Supreme Court to be shut down.

However, Jair Bolsonaro distanced himself from these demands, claiming the demonstrations were focused on defending “freedom of expression, democracy, and support for our presidency.”

Many critics worry that Bolsonaro, a former army captain, could be laying the groundwork for an eventual power grab, similar to how former President Fernando Collor de Mello destabilized Brazil’s young democracy in the 1990s.

But Bolsonaro rejected these comparisons, saying “there is no such thing” as a coup plot.

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