‘A military coup was never considered. Bolsonaro will always act within the Constitution’, says Flávio Bolsonaro

In an interview with the Metrópoles website released on Wednesday (Dec. 7), Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL, right) said that an attempted military coup in Brazil “was never cogitated.”

“There was never this talk of a [military] coup. A coup was never cogitated. Many in Brasilia were trying to protect themselves from something that never existed,” said the parliamentarian.

“Bolsonaro has always acted and will always act within the Federal Constitution,” added the son of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

Flávio Bolsonaro also said that no obstacle would be created for Lula’s inauguration and that the agenda of auditable printed ballots would continue to be a banner of pro-Bolsonaro deputies and senators in the National Congress.

The senator also said that Bolsonaro would seek to remain the main voice of opposition to the Lula da Silva government over the next few years.

With information from Gazeta Brasil

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