Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to leave the Federal Police Superintendency in Brasilia, where he is serving a 27-year prison sentence, for a surgical procedure to treat a hernia, APA reports citing Reuters.
Moraes' decision follows a request from Bolsonaro's defense lawyers last week, when they also asked the justice for the right-wing leader to serve out his sentence under "humanitarian house arrest."
He denied the request for house arrest and did not stipulate a date for the procedure, which should be selected by lawyers.
"The defendant is being held in a location very close to the private hospital where he receives emergency medical care... so there is no harm in the event of a possible need for emergency transport," Moraes said in his decision.
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