The president of Brazil, Lula, continued this Wednesday the purge within the military apparatus at the service of the Executive while attacking Jair Bolsonaro again, whom he considers responsible for the riots on January 8 in Brasilia. Thirteen soldiers in charge of security have been fired, the Official Gazette announced on Wednesday.
This news comes the day after the announcement of the dismissal of 40 soldiers assigned to the presidential residence of Alvorada, located in the capital, where the headquarters of the presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court were looted by supporters of the former head of State of extreme right.
“He is responsible”
“I don’t know if the former president ordered” the riots, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday during an act with unions at the Planalto palace. “What I know is that he is responsible because he spent four years inciting people to hate.”
On the day of the attack, the former metallurgist and trade unionist said that Jair Bolsonaro, whose name he did not mention, however, had “provoked” and “encouraged” the riots through “speeches” when he was in charge of Brazil (2019). -22).
The former president, who had left Brazil for the United States two days before the inauguration of his left-wing successor, denied any involvement, while “deploring” these events, which he described as “incredible.” He is under investigation.
The soldiers returned this Wednesday were part of the Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI), a government body in charge of assisting the Head of State in his security and national defense policy.
Source: BFM TV
