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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva believes that the assailants of the official headquarters in Brasilia counted on internal complicity and announced “hardness” against the Bolsonarism radical, whom he considers a threat against democracy in Brazil.
“I am convinced that the door of the Planalto Palace was opened for people to enter, because there are no broken doors”, Lula said this Thursday at a breakfast with journalists in the capital. “It means that someone facilitated their entry here.”, he added.
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The leftist president considered that police officers and members of the Armed Forces were “colluding” with the thousands of radical supporters of the far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro that invaded the presidential palace, the Supreme Court and the Congress on Sunday.
Supporters of Bolsonaro, who denies any link to the assault, were seeking Lula’s downfall exactly one week into his third presidential term.
In their wake, they looted offices and destroyed priceless works of art in the political heart of Brazil.
“From now on we are going to be tougher, more cautious, more prudent, because what happened over the weekend cannot happen.”, said the 77-year-old leftist leader who defeated Bolsonaro in the October presidential elections by a narrow advantage.
Lula announced “a deep review” of the workers of the Brazilian presidency. “The palace was full of Bolsonaristas, of the military, and we want to see if we can correct (the situation), to place career officials, preferably civilians”.
“Someone suspected of being a radical Bolsonaro cannot remain in here”, affirmed the president, who verbalized his distrust of his security in the presidential compound.
behind the funders
The investigations into the security failures and the financing of the demonstrations advanced this Thursday at the same time that Lula showed his firm cards against sectors that he considers “fascists” Y “terrorists”.
The General Advocacy of the Union (AGU) identified 52 people and seven companies that are suspected of having financed the mobilization.
Lula “should respond to this unprecedented attack by strengthening democratic principles, upholding the rule of law and confronting the chronic human rights problems that were exacerbated during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro”, he stated this Thursday Human Rights Watch.
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The NGO asked to investigate “thoroughly“to whom”incited, financed or committed” acts of violence.
The calls to punish the agitators come a day after a Bolsonaro call for a national protest in favor of “take back power”, which prompted the government to tighten security, especially in Brasilia, where access to the main area of public buildings was closed.
The demonstrations, scheduled for Wednesday, did not materialize and the center of Brazilian political power was opened to traffic on Thursday, although it was guarded by police and riot vehicles, while workers repaired the facade of the Supreme Court.
Almost 2,000 people were detained after the invasions and 1,159 are still being held after being interrogated, according to the latest official report.
“Fear”
The rapid arrests, say specialists, diluted the possibility of calling for the demonstrations announced for Wednesday.
“Lula acted very quickly to contain the groups that had been organizing since Sunday. The prison ended up dismantling many for fear of being arrested”, he explained Guilherme Casaroespolitical scientist at the Getulio Vargas Foundation.
for the sociologist Geraldo Monteiro“The Bolsonaro movement is under pressure and does not have that degree of organization for a counteroffensive, making its fragility very evident”.
From the United States, where he left two days before the end of his term, which ended on December 31, Bolsonaro condemned the actions on Sunday but has remained practically silent, the same attitude he has taken since he lost the elections.
The former presidentdoes not lead properly, then the movement is out of breath to carry on”, added Monteiro, co-author of the book “Bolsonarismo: Theory and Practice”.
After the attacks, Lula received the unison support of the international community, of the leaders of the Congress and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) and the governors.
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Amid fears of new violent acts, the court ordered state governments on Thursday to prohibit the blocking of roads and the invasion of public buildings.
The magistrate Alexander de Moraesof the STF, ordered on Tuesday the capture of Colonel Fabio Augusto, commander of the Federal District military police, and Anderson Torres, Bolsonaro’s former minister and secretary of Security of the capital during the excesses, for “omission and collusion.”
Anderson, who denies the accusations, is expected to return to Brasilia on Friday from the United States, where he was on vacation.
Source: Elcomercio
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