Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sacked army chief Julio César de Arruda two weeks after attacks on power centers in Brasilia and just before his first foreign trip to Argentina on Sunday.
By AFP
DSources within the armed forces confirmed to AFP on Saturday the ousting of Julio César de Arruda, who had headed the army on an interim basis since December 30, two days before the end of the mandate of the extreme president. right Jair Bolsonaro. He had been confirmed there at the beginning of January by the new administration of Lula.
He will be replaced by the southeast military commander, Tomas Ribeiro Paiva, according to GloboNews. He said in a public speech on Wednesday that the army would continue “to guarantee democracy” and that it was necessary to “respect the results of the ballot box”, according to a video published by the G1 news site.
Friday, Lula had met for the first time the three heads of the armies. None had spoken at the end of this meeting, but the Minister of Defense, José Mucio, had assured that there had been no “direct involvement” of the army in the riots in Brasilia.
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Lula had received the full support of the international community after the January 8 assault and ransacking of places of power in Brasilia by Bolsonarists refusing defeat and the replacement of their champion.
