Jair Bolsonaro evokes for the first time his return to Brazil. The former Brazilian president, who has been in the United States since the end of December, said Saturday evening for the first time that he “intends to return to Brazil in the coming weeks”, according to a video broadcast by the CNN Brasil channel. .
“We know that there, really, it’s a fantastic country. I also want to go back to Brazil. I intend to return to Brazil in the coming weeks,” the former far-right leader said during a meeting with Brazilians in Boca Raton, Florida.
“We had corruption-free governance. We worked with heart, with honesty. No measure of retaliation, or even persecution, is justified”, he also affirmed, at the time when he is the subject of an investigation by the Supreme Court of his country to determine his role in the attack on the national institutions in Brasilia on January 8 led by bolsonarists.
“We have to deal with the problems”
Six hours after the assaults, Jair Bolsonaro had finally condemned lip service “the depredations and invasions of public buildings”, while denying any responsibility. His successor on the left, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said he was “certain” on February 2 that the ex-president had “prepared the coup”.
“We have to face the problems”, also launched Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday evening to his supporters. “Sometimes we have to take risks, it’s worth it. You can be sure that the majority of the Brazilian people are with us”.
The ex-army captain took refuge in the United States on December 30, just before Lula’s inauguration on January 1, refusing as tradition dictates to hand over the presidential sash to his successor, whose he has never digested the victory acquired on the wire last October.
Jair Bolsonaro kept a low profile during his first weeks in Florida. Then he came out of his reserve by delivering, before Saturday evening, two speeches to the cheers of loyal supporters. He applied at the end of January for a six-month visa to stay in the United States, according to his lawyer.