The president of the Brazilian Bar Association in Rio de Janeiro (OAB-RJ), Ana Tereza Basilio, and the State Secretary of State for Public Security, Victor dos Santos, discuss, on Tuesday (29), issues related to recent threats of attack on the entity’s headquarters.
Made earlier this month, the threats caused the building to close. A drone was even caught flying over the house of the president of the OAB on Sunday (20).
On July 2, a threat of attack on OAB-RJ headquarters led Ana Tereza to have the building close by the noon of Thursday (3). OAB-RJ headquarters is on Marechal Câmara Avenue, 150, in the central region of the city.
At the time, the entity informed the cancellation of all planned activities. The threat would be related to extremists and was communicated by state security forces.
The next day, the Federal Police bombs and explosives group scanned the building with the Civil Police Antibomba Group. Twelve sniffer dogs participated in the action. After a thorough inspection, the OAB 12 -story building was released and the hours returned to normal in the early afternoon.
Threat repudiation
The OAB Federal Council repudiated attempts at intimidation directed at the Rio de Janeiro section, saying that the law does not bow to threats.
“Ana Tereza Basilio is a fierce leader, respected by his trajectory in defense of prerogatives and commitment to Fluminense Advocacy. Any attempt to embarrass his performance or to shake the institutional autonomy of sectional democratic principles and the free exercise of the profession,” says the Federal Council’s statement.
In total and unrestricted support for the president and state law, the national OAB reaffirms that any and all form of coercion will be faced with firmness and union, adds the note.
Bomb
An episode that marked the history of the OAB was the death of Secretary Lyda Monteiro da Silva in 1980 during the military regime. On August 27 of that year, she died by opening a bomb letter. According to the Rio de Janeiro Truth Commission (CEV-Rio), linked to the State Government, the correspondence was addressed to the then president of the entity, Eduardo Seabra Fagundes, but was opened by Lyda, who was his secretary.
At the time, the OAB denounced disappearances and torture of persecuted and political prisoners.
