Controversies involving Jair Bolsonaro

See also: Controversies involving the Jair Bolsonaro administration

President-elect of Brazil at 2018 Brazilian general election, 'Jair Bolsonaro' became known nationally and internationally during his long political career for his far-right, Nationalist and Conservative political views , for his criticism of communism and the left and for hate speech agaisnt minorities. It is also recognized for its anti-scientific and obscurantist stance, and revisionism and for the defense of the Brazilian Military Dictatorship and torture as a legitimate practice. Bolsonaro is vehemently opposed to the legalization of same-sex marriage, making statements considered homophobic, misogynist and sexist by many. His statements are also considered racist and anti-refugees. His political attitudes are pointed out as having Fascist Ideals. In the COVID-19 pandemic, Bolsonaro promoted disinformation and made statements contrary to the recommendations of national and international health agencies, in addition to carrying out various public activities without the use of masks and social distancing.

Dead End Operation

On October 27, 1987, Jair Bolsonaro informed reporter Cássia Maria, of the magazine Veja, about the operation "Dead End". At the time, Bolsonaro supported the improvement of pay and was against the arrest of Captain Saldon Pereira Filho. The operation aimed to blow up low-powered bombs in bathrooms in the Vila Militar, on the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, in Resende, and in some other military barracks with the objective of protesting against the low salary that the Brazilian military received at the time. Bolsonaro is said to have drawn the sketch of where the bomb would be placed at the water supply network of the Guando River, which supplies water to the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The magazine delivered the material to the then Minister of the Army, Leônidas Pires Gonçalves and the latter, after four months of investigation, concluded that the report was correct and that the captains had lied. The Military Justification Council (CJM) unanimously considered, on April 19, 1988, that Bolsonaro was guilty and that he was" declared incompatible with the official and consequent loss of his rank, under the terms of article 16, item I of law nº 5836/72 ". In his defense, Bolsonaro claimed at the time that the magazine Veja had published fraudulent accusations to sell more with sensational articles The case was handed over to the Superior Military Court (STM). The trial was held in June 1988 and the court accepted the thesis of Bolsonaro's defense and also of captain Fábio Passos da Silva, according to which the documentary evidence - whose expert report was made by Military Police - were insufficient because they did not allow calligraphic comparisons, once capital letter had been used. The STM acquitted the two officers, who were thus kept in the ranks of the Army. Still in 1988, Bolsonaro went to the reserve, with the rank of captain, and in the same year he began his political career, running for city councilor in Rio de Janeiro. The report of the Army Police, however, would later be contradicted by Federal Police, who confirmed Bolsonaro's handwriting.

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