A senator affirms that Bolsonaro sought to convince him to carry out a coup in Brazil and announces his resignation

MADRID, 2 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Senator Marcos do Val, of the conservative Podemos party, has assured that the former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro sought to convince him to carry out a coup, taking advantage of his military experience, later announcing that he would leave office shortly after the inauguration of Congress .

"I got angry when they called me a Bolsonaro. You expected me to drop a bomb. On Friday Bolsonaro's attempt to convince me to carry out a coup with him will appear in 'Veja' (Brazilian magazine), "he revealed at night this Wednesday live through their social networks.

After denouncing Bolsonaro's alleged coup aspirations, Do Val has used his Instagram profile to announce that after four years as a senator for the state of Espirito Santo, he was definitively leaving politics and would return to the United States with his family to continue his race.

"The offenses that I have been receiving are weighing heavily on my family. May God comfort the hearts of all my constituents. Forgive me, but my time, my health, and even my health, and they do not give more of themselves", Do Val said goodbye .

Do Val's resignation comes a few hours after deputies and senators from both chambers of the Brazilian Congress took office. In the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira was re-elected president, not only confirming expectations, but also achieving a record vote, with more than 92 percent of the votes after the agreement of fifteen benches.

In the Senate, the matter was somewhat more closely fought, but finally Rodrigo Pacheco revalidated his mandate, and prevailed over Bolsonaro's Rogério Marinho, thanks in part to pressure from the Workers' Party (PT) of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who prevailed thus in the first clash of the legislature.