Government of Brazil warns that it will prevent repeating the attacks of January 8 during Independence Day

The Minister of Justice of Brazil, Flavio Dinoaffirmed this Monday that the repetition of the attacks against State institutions that occurred on January 8 will be prevented, after extreme right-wing groups have called protests for Independence Day, next Thursday.

Dino confirmed that the government will mobilize the national forcean elite body of the Policeto reinforce the security of Brasilia during the commemorative events of the september seventh.

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“We will not allow a repeat of the terrible events of January 8”, Dino said in statements to the press during an official act in the city of Vitoria.

However, the minister minimized the call for protests and stated that the threats of violent acts that have been registered in extreme right-wing groups on social networks are “something residual”.

He also stressed that the authorities will allow peaceful demonstrations, since they have legal support.

On January 8, thousands of followers of the former president Jair Bolsonaro simultaneously invaded the headquarters of the supreme court and of the National Congress and the Planalto Palaceseat of executive power.

According to the investigation, this attack against democracy was intended to incite the Armed forces to overthrow the government of the president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaa progressive leader who had assumed power eight days earlier.

The Supreme Court It has already accepted the complaints filed against 1,290 people, most of whom directly participated in the attacks on the headquarters of the three powers.

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The Attorney General’s Office He has filed charges against the first 40 defendants, against whom he has requested the maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

The Prosecutor’s Office charges the defendants with crimes such as armed criminal association, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, coup d’état, qualified damage and deterioration of public property.

The Supreme Court keeps investigations into these events open and includes Bolsonaro himself among those investigated, who is suspected of having encouraged the coup for not recognizing Lula’s victory in the elections and for sowing doubts about the cleanliness and transparency of the electoral process. from last year.

Source: Elcomercio

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