The Senate approved the federal intervention of the security of Brasilia
The Brazilian Congress approved on Tuesday the federal intervention of the security forces of Brasilia decreed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after the assault on the headquarters of the three powers on Sunday, while the justice system ordered the arrest of the then person in charge of the military police of the Federal District (DF) and the Secretary of Security, Anderson Torres, and the Prosecutor’s Office requested the blockade of assets of former president Jair Bolsonaro and other former officials.
The Senate gave the green light on Tuesday to Lula’s intervention decree, which will be in force until the end of January, with the vote against by eight legislators who respond to Bolsonaro, one day after the endorsement given by the Chamber of Deputies.
“This anti-democratic minority does not represent the Brazilian people. This coup minority will not impose its will through barbarism, force and criminal acts,” declared the president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pachecoreported Europa Press.
The only two benches of Deputies that abstained from voting were those of the Liberal Party (PL), Bolsonaro’s formation, and the liberals of Partido Novo.
Although the federal intervention decree has the force of law since the president’s signature is stamped, it needs the approval of both houses of Congress.
At the same time, The Brazilian Public Ministry asked the Court of Accounts (TCU) on Tuesday to block the assets of Bolsonaro, as well as the suspended governor of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, and the former Secretary of Security of the DF Anderson Torrespicked up the G1 news portal.
The purpose of the request is to guarantee resources in the event that officials are sentenced to pay compensation.
In the afternoon, the Brazilian police released “for humanitarian reasons” almost 600 people detained on Sunday.
The authorities detained on Sunday more than 1,500 people, mostly Bolsonarista militants, who assaulted the headquarters of the three powers in Brasilia on Sunday, after two months of camping in front of the Army headquarters demanding a coup against the Government. of Lula.
After the attack by “coup plotters” and “terrorists”, as they were defined by the authorities, the judge of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Alexandre de Moraes ordered the temporary dismissal of Governor Rocha and Torres, for “omission” of their functions and “collusion” with the assailants.
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Judge Moraes promised this Tuesday to punish all those involved in these acts, “those who carried out the acts, those who financed them and those who encouraged them (…) because democracy will prevail,” he said during the inauguration of the new director general of the Federal Police, Andrei Rodrigues.
Rodrigues assumes the post left by Márcio Nunes de Oliveira, appointed by Bolsonaro in February 2022.
In turn, de Moraes ordered the arrest of the former commander of the Military Police of Brasilia Fabio Augusto Vieirawho was in office on Sunday, and Anderson Torres, who in any case cannot be deprived of his liberty because he is in the United States.
On Monday, those in charge of federal intervention in the capital removed Vieira to appoint Colonel Klepter Rosa Gonçalves in his place.
This Tuesday, the federal controller of Brasilia, Ricardo Cappelli, denounced that the coup attack in the capital was the result of “an act of sabotage” by Torres.
In an interview with CNN Brasil, Cappelli stated that Torres, who was Bolsonaro’s Justice Minister, took office on January 2 and changed the entire command and then went on vacation to the United States, where the former president is.
“On January 2, Anderson Torres assumed the Secretary of Security, dismissed the entire command and traveled. If this isn’t sabotage, I don’t know what is,” he said.
The official, appointed by the president to assume public security in the DF, argued that “what was missing on Sunday was the direction of the Secretary of Security.”
In this context, the parliamentary benches of the Workers’ Party (PT) and the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL) in the Chamber of Deputies requested the STF to investigate congressmen for the anti-democratic acts last Sunday.
In parallel, other complaints were made to the regional electoral courts and to the ethics councils of Congress.
Previously, the leader of the Government in Congress, Senator Randolfe Rodrigues had advanced that all congressmen who participated in the anti-democratic acts would be investigated.
Meanwhile, the Minister of Justice of Brazil, Flávio Dino, reported that those responsible for transferring to Brasilia participants in the attempted coup perpetrated on Sunday by Bolsonarists have already been identified.
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He indicated that although those who financed the mobilization are still not fully recognized, “it can be fully affirmed that there was financing.”
The minister, who named the episode “the Brazilian Capitol”, assured that the Government manages a list of bus contractors who facilitated the transfer and that all these people will be called to testify shortlyquoted the Brazil Agency.
Dino blamed the DF government, indicating that the planning of the public security forces in Brasilia was “determinant” in making the assault possible.
However, he clarified that there will be a “review” in the police force for his responsibility.
Lula said Monday that they would find “who financed and paid for” their actions.
The president spoke Monday night at a meeting with 23 of the 27 governors in Brasilia, after which he walked down the ramp of the Planalto Palace with the heads of state toward the Supreme Court.
While the capital remained calm, the National Electric Power Agency (Aneel), responsible for coordinating the Office for Monitoring the Situation of the Brazilian Electric System, reported that three transmission towers were demolished since Sunday, apparently in a vandal action of sabotage. .
According to Aneel, there were two incidents in Rondônia and one in Paraná, but none caused the interruption of the electricity supply, and announced security measures.
In one of the first balances of the state of public buildings in Brasilia, the National Artistic Historical Heritage Institute (Iphan) “deeply regretted the damage caused” and assured that it will carry out an expert study to “evaluate the restoration needs,” the agency cited. AFP.
Among the acts of violence on Sunday, at least 14 press workers were attacked, reported today the Union of Professional Journalists of the Federal District (Sjpdf), citing Sputnik.
In parallel, Bolsonaro reached his lowest level of popularity on the Internet in the last four years, according to the prestigious Digital Popularity Index (IPD), and experts attribute it to a possible fracture in his base.
At the international level, the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) convened an extraordinary meeting for tomorrow in which it will study “the anti-democratic acts” that occurred on Sunday.
