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President Jair Bolsonaro doubted the torture suffered by former President Dilma Rousseff during the military dictatorship (1964-1985). To the followers, He said he is waiting for an X-ray “until today” that would demonstrate injury. provoked in Dilma by the torturers.
Politicians such as former presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as well as the mayor, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), He sympathized with Dilma and criticized Bolsonaro. Read more below the repercussions of the president’s statements.
Dilma joined leftist organizations that fought against the military dictatorship. She was arrested and tortured and even received compensation from the governments of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, where the torture occurred.
In 2001, during his testimony before the State Council for Human Rights of the government of Minas Gerais, he recounted details of the torture sessions, which included punching, electric shocks and a macaw cane (learn more at the end of the story).
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Bolsonaro made the comments on Monday (28), during a conversation with supporters in front of the Palácio da Alvorada, in Brasilia.
One of the supporters told the president that he was a military man on active duty in 1965 and that he did not see torture taking place during that period. Bolsonaro said then that “boys are victimized all the time,” citing the case of Dilma and said that “until today” he awaits an X-ray that would prove a fracture in the former president’s jaw.
“Boys are victims all the time: ‘They chased me.’ There was a fact there, I forgot the name of the person, but just search the Internet, you will find it easily, that Dilma was tortured and her jaw was broken. He said: ‘ bring us the X-ray so we can see the bone callus. ‘That’s what I’m not a doctor, huh. Until today, I’m waiting for the X-ray, “said Bolsonaro.
In a note, former President Dilma said that Bolsonaro’s statement “reveals, with the tumult of debauchery and disdainful laughter, the very nature of a torturer.” For her, “by disrespecting those who were tortured while in state custody,” Bolsonaro “chooses to be an accessory to torture and death.”
Bolsonaro insults not only me, but thousands of victims of the military dictatorship, tortured and murdered, as well as their families, many of whom did not even have the right to bury their loved ones. A sociopath, who is not moved by the pain of other human beings, does not deserve the trust of the Brazilian people ”, says Dilma in the note.
Former presidents criticize Bolsonaro
Through a social network, Fernando Henrique sympathized with Dilma and criticized Bolsonaro.
“Playing with her torture (Dilma) – or anyone else – is unacceptable. Agree (sic) or not with the political attitudes of the victims. The line is crossed,” said Fernando Henrique.
Also through a social network, former President Lula expressed his solidarity with Dilma.
“Brazil loses a bit of its humanity every time Jair Bolsonaro opens his mouth. My solidarity with President @dilmabr, a woman with the courage that Bolsonaro, a man of no value, will never know,” Lula said.
The mayor, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), criticized Bolsonaro.
“Bolsonaro has no human dimension. Torture is making fun of the pain of the other. I say this because I am the son of an exile and tortured by the dictatorship. My solidarity with former president Dilma. I have differences with the former president, but I have the dimension.” respect and human dignity, “said Maia through a social network.
The president of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), Felipe Santa Cruz, criticized the president’s statements.
“Think of a man who, in the midst of a wave of femicides, mocks a woman who is arrested and tortured. This type exists and, worse, presides over Brazil,” said Santa Cruz.
Bolsonaro also criticized the former governor of Ceará and former minister Ciro Gomes.
“Bolsonaro attacks Dilma for being lax, corrupt and incapable. While she defends her convictions, he sells the country abroad and, due to his irresponsibility, almost 200,000 Brazilians have already lost their lives,” said Ciro.
Dilma began to act in left-wing movements in opposition to the dictatorship in the Marxist Revolutionary Organization – Workers’ Policy (Polop), which was originally a kind of coalition of dissidents, with cadres from the PCB, PSB and Labor, as well as Trotskyists and other Marxists.
Later he opted for armed struggle and joined the National Liberation Command (Colina).
In 2001, when she testified before the State Council for Human Rights of the government of Minas Gerais, Dilma was secretary of Mines and Energy of the government of Rio Grande do Sul and affiliated with the PDT. He reported that he was beaten by torturers in Juiz de Fora (MG), in the early 1970s, when he was part of Colina.
“My arch turned to the side, causing problems for me to this day, problems with the bone in the tooth holder. I was hit and the tooth dislocated and rotted. […] Only later, when I returned to São Paulo, Albernaz (Captain Alberto Albernaz, from DOI-Codi de São Paulo) completed the service with a punch, pulling out the tooth, ”Dilma said in the statement.
In the following video, from 2016, during the impeachment process, Dilma spoke about the torture she suffered.
“I was afraid of death and the consequences of torture, but I did not give up,” says Dilma Rousseff.
Dilma also denounced torture sessions with shock. “You couldn’t tell if it was day or night. The interrogation began. In general, the basic thing was shock.”
In another excerpt from the testimony, he said he was placed on the macaw stick and the use of oars by the military.
“If the interrogation is lengthy, with an ‘experienced’ interrogator, it puts you on the macaw stick for a few moments and then leads to shock, a pain that leaves no trace, only undermines you. He also often used a trowel; a lot of rowing. In São Paulo they used this ‘method’ little. In the end, when I was about to leave, a routine started. In the beginning, there was no time. It was day and night. reported.
At another point, he relates that he suffered a torture hemorrhage.
“When I had bleeding, the first time was in Oban (…) it was a bleeding from the uterus. They gave me an injection and told me not to hit that day. In Minas, when I started bleeding, they called someone who gave me pills and then But they gave me an electric shock and then they detained. I think there are records of that at the end of my arrest, because I had treatment at the Hospital das Clínicas.
