The Minister of Justice of Brazil, Flavio Dino, described this Sunday the Bolsonarista attack on the headquarters of the three powers in Brasilia as “terrorism” Y “coup” and assured that the Government will identify those who financed these acts.
“This is terrorism, this is a coup. We are sure that the vast majority of the population does not want the implantation of this darkness,” Dino said Sunday night at a press conference, after the security forces recovered the control of Planalto Palace (seat of government), the Congress and the Supreme Federal Court (STF), which had been invaded by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who are calling for a coup.
The minister said that 200 people have already been arrestedbut that there may be more apprehensions throughout the night of this Sunday.
Previously, the governor of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rochahad reported more than 400 people arrested.
In compliance with the decision of the Exmo President of the Republic, the secretary Ricardo Cappelli has not moved to assume the intervention in the SSP/DF. And we continue with the cabíveis operations aiming at the restoration of public order
— Flávio Dino ?? (@FlavioDino) January 8, 2023
“I come to report that more than 400 people were arrested and will pay for the crimes committedwe are working to identify those who participated in the terrorist acts,” said Rocha, an ally of Bolsonaro who asked Lula “apologies” this Sunday for the attempted coup.
Dino pointed out that in previous conversations with the Brasilia government, the governor had guaranteed that security this Sunday was “adequate” and that the situation would be “under control”, for which he understood that Rocha’s apology it represented the acknowledgment that something went wrong.
“By making a public apology to the head of the Union powers, Governor Ibaneis is undoubtedly acknowledging that something went wrong with this planning. I want to believe that the governor will investigate the responsibilities of those who did not comply with their constitutional duties“, he said, according to the G1 portal, from Globo.
More than 80 buses with ultra-rightists had arrived in the federal capital on Saturday for a demonstration that had caught the attention of Dino, who had warned the governor of Brasilia of the situation, who, according to the Constitution, is in charge of security in The federal district.
Thousands of Bolsonaristas invaded the Planalto Palace, the Congress and the court in Brasilia
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The protesters who since November they have been calling for a military coup at the gate of the barracks Denouncing fraud in the elections and calling for Bolsonaro to return to the presidency, they marched through Brasilia almost unopposed, with few agents protecting public buildings.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced this Sunday that decreed the federal intervention to the security forces in Brasilia after the attacks and warned that the “terrorists” who carried them out “will pay with the full force of the law.”
The president remarked that there was a flawed security operation.
“We believe that there was a lack of security and I want to say that all the people who did this will be found and will be punishedLula said in Araraquara, São Paulo state, where he was visiting due to a flood tragedy.
Paulo Pimenta, Minister of the Special Secretariat of Social Communication (Secom) of Brazil, shows the damage inside the Palácio do Planalto ⁰⁰
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– Telam Agency (@AgenciaTelam) January 9, 2023
In a speech, Lula said the attack – similar to the 2021 invasion of the US Capitol by supporters of Trump, a Bolsonaro ally – was financed by sectors of illegal mining, agribusiness and timber traffickers.
On Sunday night, the Minister of Justice said that the government identified the buses that took the coup protesters to Brasilia. “We will reach those who financed them,” he said.
