Weber decides that the Supreme Court will oversee the Attorney General's investigation into Bolsonaro's case with ambassadors.
In a meeting with ambassadors in July, Jair Bolsonaro sought to discredit and attack the Brazilian electoral system.
247 - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber ruled on Thursday, August 8, that the preliminary investigation into Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) meeting with ambassadors in July – in which the president sought to discredit and attack the electoral system – must proceed under the supervision of the Court.
She gave Bolsonaro five days to respond to the case.
Weber's decision is based on a petition sent to the Supreme Court by opposition parliamentarians. The congressmen say that Bolsonaro committed a crime against the democratic rule of law.
The Attorney General's Office (PGR), headed by Augusto Aras, known for dismissing cases against Bolsonaro, had already initiated a preliminary investigation within the Attorney General's Office to assess the case.
The task would be to assess whether there are elements that justify opening an investigation without supervision from the Supreme Court. However, Weber says that this procedure is not possible, since investigations need to be monitored by the Supreme Court and cannot be restricted solely to the Attorney General's Office.
"Therefore, the ministerial intention to classify this criminal complaint as a matter of internal affairs, thus legitimizing investigative procedures of a purely domestic nature and, therefore, outside the purview of the Judiciary, is incompatible with the legal and constitutional system in force in the country," said the minister.
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