The dismissal of the Brazilian army chief by President Lulad da Silva, and the decision came following da Silva’s criticism of the military establishment for allowing the chaos that accompanied the recent far-right demonstrations.
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The Brazilian president dismisses the army chief, in light of the recent riots in the country
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sacked the Brazilian army chief today, Saturday, amid fears of threats to democracy in the country in the wake of the riots in the capital following far-right demonstrators took to the streets.
The official website of the Brazilian Armed Forces on the Internet said that General Julio Cesar de Arruda was dismissed from his post as army chief. He was succeeded by General Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva, who had been head of the Southeastern Military Command.
Arruda assumed the position of army chief on December 30, two days before the end of the term of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and he obtained the support of President Lula’s administration for his appointment in early January.
In recent weeks, the Brazilian president has criticized the military establishment Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings, vandalizing public property, and Lula stated several times that there were members of the army who allowed the riots to take place and the situation to become even more tense.
And the Brazilian police arrested, earlier, the former Minister of Justice in Bolsonaro’s government, on suspicion of his involvement in the recent riots.
President da Silva, earlier, carrying out a dismissal movementdescribed as broad, within the military apparatus in the presidential palace, following he pledged to conduct a comprehensive review of the security staff, in the followingmath of the January 8 rebellion attempt in the capital, Brasilia.
