A judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil removed from office the governor of the Federal District of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rochafor 90 days, following the assault this Sunday of thousands of Bolsonaro radicals to the headquarters of the three powers to try to overthrow the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The decision was made by magistrate Alexandre de Moraes, who also ordered the state security bodies and forces to act to release any type of road or public building. occupied by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro throughout the country.
The judge, who responded to a request from allies of Lula da Silvaindicated that “the violent escalation” once morest the headquarters of the three powers “might only occur with the consent, and even the effective participation,” of the competent authorities for public security and intelligence.
Likewise, he stressed that the organization of these coup acts was a “notorious and well-known fact, which was reported by the Brazilian press.”
In this way, De Moraes pointed directly to Rocha, who hours before had apologized to President Lula and the leadership of the Legislative and Judicial branches for the serious events that occurred on Sunday followingnoon in the Brazilian capital.
Ibaneis Rocha He had also suddenly dismissed his Secretary of Security, Anderson Torres, who was Minister of Justice in the last two years of the Bolsonaro government (2019-2022) and is a figure very close to the now former ruler.
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Faced with the chaos generated, the president Lula decreed the federal intervention of the security area of Brasilia until next January 31with which the regional police will be under the control of the central government during that period.
The assault on Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court was only resolved following four and a half hours of confusion, when riot agents charged and fired tear gas once morest the exalted who were inside and outside the buildings of the three powers.
These radical groups do not recognize the result of the presidential elections on October 30, which Lula won over Bolsonaro, and have been demanding a military “intervention” that returns to power the retired Army captain, currently in the United States with no return forecast. .
So far, there are 300 detainees for the anti-democratic acts on Sunday, which were widely condemned by all Brazilian institutions and by the international community.
(With information from EFE)
