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Bolsonaro's defense seeks Father's Day visit for sons
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Bolsonaro's defense seeks Father's Day visit for sons

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro's defense team requested exceptional authorization for his sons to visit him on Father's Day.
  • The request, deemed strictly humanitarian, aims to preserve family ties despite Bolsonaro serving a prison sentence for an alleged coup attempt.
  • This comes after Bolsonaro's son read a letter from his father on social media, violating his precautionary measures and leading to a visitation ban.

Jair Bolsonaro's defense team has petitioned the Supreme Court for an "absolutely exceptional" Father's Day visit for three of his sons. The request, filed on Wednesday, seeks to allow Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and his brothers Carlos and Renan to see the former president on Sunday.

absolutely exceptional

— Jair Bolsonaro's defense teamDescribing their request for a Father's Day visit for the former president.

Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for an alleged coup attempt against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is under house arrest in Brasilia due to health reasons. His defense argues the visit is "strictly humanitarian and familial," emphasizing the importance of the occasion and the need to "preserve family ties" without compromising his sentence or precautionary measures.

strictly humanitarian and familial

— Jair Bolsonaro's defense teamCharacterizing the purpose of their request for a Father's Day visit.

The request follows a recent incident where Flávio Bolsonaro read a letter from his father on social media. Justice Alexandre de Moraes viewed this as a violation of his father's restrictions, leading to a 30-day ban on regular visits and a 90-day prohibition on Flávio visiting his father. The defense hopes the judge will grant the Father's Day visit under specific controls, leaving its duration and terms to his discretion.

preserve family ties

— Jair Bolsonaro's defense teamExplaining the goal of allowing sons to visit their father.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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