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Former President of Brazil jair bolsonaro His family said he was undergoing double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country’s capital on Thursday.
Bolsonaro, who has been hospitalized since Wednesday, is serving a 27-year prison sentence beginning in November for the attempted coup.
He was given court permission to walk out of jail after Federal Police doctors confirmed that he needed the procedure. The medical team at DF Star Hospital said in a statement on Wednesday that the surgery in Brasília is expected to last about four hours.
Doctors say that Bolsonaro suffers from pain due to double hernia. The former leader, who was in power between 2019 and 2022, has undergone several other surgeries after being stabbed in the stomach during a campaign rally in 2018.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw Bolsonaro’s coup trial and sentenced him to prison, authorized the procedure, but rejected the former president’s request for home detention after leaving the hospital.
According to officials, Bolsonaro has no contact with some of the other prisoners at the federal police headquarters in Brasília, where he is being held and where his 12-square-meter (about 130-square-foot) room has a bed, a private bathroom, air conditioning, a television and a desk.
He has free access to his doctors and lawyers, but other visitors must seek approval Supreme CourtOn Wednesday, de Moraes authorized Bolsonaro’s sons to visit him while he remains hospitalized, He is also accompanied by his wife Michelle Bolsonaro,
Early Thursday, his eldest son, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, told reporters before surgery that his father had written a letter confirming that he had appointed him as his political party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election. Flavio Bolsonaro announced on 5 December that he would challenge President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who is seeking a fourth consecutive term as Bolsonaro’s candidate. liberal Party,
The senator read the letter to reporters and his office released a copy of it to the media.
“He represents the continuation of the path to prosperity that I began long before I became president, because I believe we must restore the responsibility to lead Brazil with justice, determination and loyalty to the aspirations of the Brazilian people,” Bolsonaro said in a handwritten letter dated December 25.
The former president and several of his allies were convicted by a panel of Supreme Court judges of attempting to overthrow Brazil’s democratic system following their defeat in the 2022 elections.
The plot included plans to assassinate Lula, Vice President Geraldo Alcmin and de Moraes. There were also plans to encourage an insurgency as early as 2023.
Bolsonaro was also convicted on charges that included leading an armed criminal organization and attempting to violently end the democratic rule of law. He has denied any wrongdoing.
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