The Controversial Jewelry Case: Saudi Arabia Gifted Brazilian President Jewelry.
After many controversies about the concealment of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, regarding the jewels donated by Saudi Arabia, in response, he denied committing any “illegal acts” regarding the jewels that were given to him and his wife by Riyadh.
According to the Reuters news agency, before this the media had reported that Bolsonaro did not inform the Brazilian authorities about the jewels that Riyadh had given them and had secretly brought these jewels into his country and from “Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva”. The current president of Brazil was asked to investigate this matter.
On Friday last week (March 12), O Estadio d’s Paolo newspaper reported that a member of Bolsonaro’s government illegally tried to steal a $3.2 million jewelry set consisting of a diamond necklace, ring, watch, and earrings. and was given by Saudi Arabia to the former far-right president of Brazil and his wife Michelle Bolsonaro to enter Brazil.
Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Brazil did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment on the news.
However, Bolsonaro said in an interview with CNN: “I am accused of a gift that I neither asked nor received. Nothing illegal has been done by me and I have never done illegal actions.
On the other hand, Lula has pledged to start an investigation into the incident. Brazilian Justice Minister Flavio Dino has also said that he has requested a federal police investigation in this regard, and Paulo Pimenta, the spokesman for the left-wing Brazilian president, has also stated that there is no immunity.
He explained on a social network: “The evidence is strong and the truth will be revealed.”
According to the report, the jewels worth 3 million euros ($3.19 million) were found by customs officials in the backpack of Bento Albuquerque, the assistant minister of energy and mines at the time of Brazil, who returned from an official trip to the West in October 2021. Asia was returning, it was found.
