Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) gave ten minutes to Army Lieutenant Colonel Rafael Martins de Oliveira to be uniform to be questioned in the action of the coup plot.
The military is one of the defendants of Core 3 of the Republic Attorney General’s Office (PGR) and was interrogated by video conferencing by Judge Rafael Tamai, auxiliary magistrate of the minister, who is rapporteur of the case. Oliveira has been arrested since last year.
The determination of Moraes was made around 7 pm, after the defense of the military insisting that he could not comply with another decision, Taken earlier by the ministerto determine that the lieutenant colonel should remove the uniform.
Around 7:10 pm, after becoming aware of the new decision, the defense of the military complied with the measure and he appeared wearing a T -shirt.
In the minister’s understanding, the prosecution is aimed at the military, not against the Brazilian Army as a whole. ”Thus, defendants must present themselves with civilian clothes.
“The interrogation is an act of defense. The defendant is arrested and has clothes to be used, since he is not uniform in prison. The defendant has ten minutes to attend to exercise his defense. If it does not attend, the Court will understand that it has abdicated the right of defense,” said Moraes.
According to the investigations, the military is one of the accused of participating in the actions of the yellow-green dagger, a coup plan that, according to the Federal Police (PF), would be executed to kill several authorities, such as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Minister Moraes.
During the statement, Rafael Martins de Oliveira did not answer the questions of the accusation, which are asked by PGR, and the assistant judge. He just wanted to answer the defense’s own questions.
He denied having participated in the coup plan and said he considers himself a “prisoner of war.” “I was never aware, I saw or I intend to myself about the plane yellow green dagger, only after this complaint, after my arrest,” he said.
Because they are defendants, the accused may be silent in the face of questions asked during the interrogation.
The STF today interrogates nine army military personnel and a federal police who belong to core 3 of the complaint presented by PGR.
Part of the military was part of the Army Special Forces Battalion, whose soldiers are known as “Kids Black ”.
The accused of this core are accused of planning “tactical actions” to effect the coup plan, including the monitoring of Alexandre de Moraes and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Check out the defendants that will be questioned:
- Bernardo Romão Correa Netto (Colonel);
- Estevam Theophilo (General);
- Fabrício Moreira de Bastos (Colonel);
- Hélio Ferreira (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Márcio Nunes de Resende Júnior (Colonel);
- Rafael Martins de Oliveira (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Rodrigo Bezerra de Azevedo (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Ronald Ferreira de Araújo Júnior (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Sérgio Ricardo Cavaliere de Medeiros (Lieutenant Colonel);
- Wladimir Matos Soares (Federal Police).
