Bolsonaro has said he is ready to testify before federal police about the Saudi Arabian jewelry scandal. (REUTERS/Adriano Machado)

Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro notified this Monday to Federal Police who is ready to testify for Jewelery scandal donated by Saudi Arabiaobjects that he is willing to deliver to the Justice of the country.

According to the document sent to the Sao Paulo Treasury Crime Commissionerthe former president has put himself “at your entire disposal to comply with the determinations for the sake of clarifying the real truth”, reports the newspaper ‘Folha de S. Paulo’.

Likewise, Bolsonaro at no time had “the intention of obtaining an advantage or disposing for himself of a heritage that could, in any event, be considered public”, according to his lawyers.

“While currently, it seems, the legal status of such assets is under discussion, given the complexity of the rules that theoretically govern the dynamics of assets of this order, we have deemed it correct to propose that, from the outset, remain in government custodyuntil the discussion on its correct destination is finally concluded,” he said.

New chapter in the scandal of the jewels given by Saudi Arabia to Bolsonaro.
New chapter in the scandal of the jewels given by Saudi Arabia to Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro’s legal team said they made the decision after media reports, despite the fact that “they cannot affirm the reliability of the information, since did not receive any call”.

As revealed “The State of Sao Paulo”In October 2021, Bolsonaro received several jewels from the Saudi authorities, including “a diamond necklace, ring, watch and pair of earrings” which were, however, seized at Guarulhos International Airport, Sao Paulo. .

Since then, the Bolsonaros have tried up to eight times to recover jewels that were in the possession of Marcos Soeiro, former assistant to Minister Albuquerque, at the time of their seizure, also through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the office of the presidency.

Until now, the former president had not announced his return to Brazil from the United States, where he had been since the end of last year. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
Until now, the former president had not announced his return to Brazil from the United States, where he had been since the end of last year. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)

This alleged attempt to circumvent the corresponding legal channels could lead to several crimes, as explained last weekend by the Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, among which that of embezzlement and money laundering.

The only way to get the jewelry back would be to pay the compulsory tax50% of its value and a fine of 25% for failure to report on time.

Last week the Union Court of Auditors (TCU), the Brazilian state control body and linked to Congress, ordered that the former president Jair Bolsonaro cannot use or sell a set of jewelry received from the government of Saudi Arabia.

The decision was made after the federal police opened an investigation to clarify “irregular incometo the country of several gems that the Saudi government gave in 2021 to the then president and his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro.

(With information from Europa Press)

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