The president of the CPI 8 January asks the STF to reject Mauro Cid’s request not to testify

The president of the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) on undemocratic acts, federal deputy Arthur Maia (União Brasil-BA), has asked the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to reject the request of Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid not to testify on on January 8. In a post on Twitter, Maia said Cid should present himself “as a suspect, referring to the facts in which there is an accusation against him and as a witness in the others”.

The summons of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL) aide-de-camp was approved on 13 June. Three days later, Cid’s defense asked the STF that they would not have to testify or be allowed to remain silent if he were to appear before the arraigner. The lieutenant colonel’s lawyers say they are “at the concrete risk of being forced to testify before 32 parliamentarians” and that they have not yet had full access to the investigations by the Federal Police (PF) on the former president’s ally. Along these lines, the bank argues that the presence of the military in the CPMI “would violate the principles of adversarial and full defense”.

STF Minister Cármen Lúcia then asked Arthur Maia to clarify under what conditions Cid would be called to testify. This is because if called as a witness, the soldier has an obligation to go and provide clarifications; if invited as an investigator, he could choose to remain silent, to preserve the right not to incriminate himself. In response to the STF, the Senate Advocate explained that the CID was called to testify for three requests; three others asked Bolsonaro’s former aide to introduce himself as an investigator. In six other requests this condition is not broken down.

“As a witness, the rule is that the deponent is obligated to undertake to tell the truth and to answer all questions,” the Senate Advocate informed. “As regards the facts that directly or indirectly involve you, the invocation of the right to silence or the removal of the obligation to tell the truth is allowed. In this case, the right not to self-incriminate will be guaranteed by art. possibility of your silence, there is never a possibility of failure”.

The CPI’s response to the STF also adds that the Commission’s investigation is independent of the one initiated by the PF. “These are distinct and autonomous areas, with even different objectives, since the CPI establishes a procedure of a political nature, which does not assume a preparatory nature for the cases”, reads the document. Senate attorneys finalize their response by reiterating Cid’s mandatory appearance and the military’s duty to tell the truth about facts that don’t incriminate him.

Federal Police (PF) reported last week that they found an eight-step “script” on the lieutenant colonel’s cell phone for carrying out a coup. Previously, investigations into the apparatus of Bolsonaro’s former aide had already found the draft of a decree guaranteeing public order (GLO) and messages articulating an anti-democratic attack.

On June 15, Minister Alexandre de Moraes authorized Cid to leave prison to testify. He has been arrested since May 3 at the Army Police Battalion, under investigation for forging covid-19 vaccine papers, including documents from Bolsonaro’s own family.

Source: Terra

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