Brazil's Supreme Court and Attorney General's Office refute Bolsonaro's narrative regarding the failure to meet the deadline in Eduardo's passport case.
The protest was held following allegations of a coordinated effort to delay a response to the request regarding the parliamentarian's passport.
247 - Sources from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) reported to CNN Brazil that the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, respected the deadline to respond to Minister Alexandre de Moraes regarding the PT's request to retain the passport of federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP).
The demonstration was held after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) alleged that there is a coordinated action between the Attorney General's Office and the Supreme Court to delay the response to the request and, thus, pressure Eduardo Bolsonaro to give up assuming the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies.
The congressman announced this Tuesday (18) that he decided to take leave of his mandate and remain in the United States, alleging political persecution and "dictatorship of the Judiciary" against his father and his allies. Eduardo also said he is coordinating international sanctions against STF minister Alexandre de Moraes and that he will request political asylum.
However, both the Attorney General's Office (PGR) and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) refute this claim. Firstly, they state that Moraes did not establish a formal deadline for Gonet to respond. Furthermore, they maintain that the PGR only began officially analyzing the case after Carnival, since the request from Moraes's office was sent to Gonet on February 28th, a Friday during Carnival. Therefore, the request was only published in the Official Gazette the following Wednesday, March 5th, and the deadline officially began on March 6th.
According to the report, another point highlighted is that the deadline for the Attorney General's response was considered "improper" – an expression from criminal law meaning that, if not met, there are no procedural consequences.
Furthermore, Gonet's statement was made within the stipulated period, with the Attorney General opting to dismiss the request. According to the Code of Criminal Procedure, he had 15 days to file charges or dismiss the case, a deadline that would expire on March 20th, next Thursday.
On Tuesday (18), STF minister Alexandre de Moraes denied the request to seize the passport of federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), as a result of a criminal complaint filed by the PT and deputy Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ). The minister's decision was made after the Attorney General's Office (PGR) issued an opinion against the measure.
