The Supreme Court of Brazil ordered this Monday the country’s Army dismantle all “Bolsonarista camps” that exist in the national territory in a within 24 hours after this Sunday hundreds of followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the headquarters of Congress and the Supreme Court, in addition to the presidential palace.
Magistrate Alexandre de Moraes thus stressed the importance of these camps -located in territory not belonging to the Army- be completely dismantled as they Police arrest “all those protesters who are still on the streets” after a day that has so far resulted in at least 300 detainees.
In a new court order, Moraes stated that “nothing justifies the existence of terrorist camps, financed with the complacency of civil and military authorities in a totally subversive manner and without any respect for the Constitution”.
Moraes has also warned that the commanders and senior officials of the Armed Forces, the Police and the Ministry of Defense will be brought to justice if these camps continue to exist.
In addition, he pointed out that the main highways of the countrypartially occupied by the mob of followers, must be unlocked throughout the day, according to information from the G1 television network.
The assault on the aforementioned Brazilian institutions occurred after months of camping by Bolsonaro supporters in the capital, Basilia, after the former president lost the presidential elections in October against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
moraes too removed from his position for 90 days to the Governor of the Federal District of BrasiliaIbaneis 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 afternoon in the Brazilian capital.
Rocha had also abruptly dismissed his security secretaryAnderson Torres, who was Minister of Justice in the last two years of the Bolsonaro Government (2019-2022) and is a very close figure of the now former ruler.
Faced with the chaos generated, the president Lula decreed the federal intervention of the security area of Brasilia until next January 31, with which the regional police will be under the control of the central government during that period.
The judge, who responded to a request from Lula’s allies, indicated that “the violent escalation“against the seat of the three powers”It could only happen with the consent, and even the effective participation,” of the competent authorities for public security and intelligence.
Likewise, it stressed that the organization of these coup acts was a “notorious and well-known fact, which was reported by the Brazilian press.”
The assault on Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court was only resolved after four and a half hours of confusion, when riot agents charged and fired tear gas against 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 Europa Press and EFE)
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