The military must answer for why it did not dismantle the coup camps in front of the army headquarters and for the actions of its troops on January 8
BRASILIA – The general Gustavo Henrique Dutra de Menezes, former head of the Planalto Military Command (CMP) during the criminal attacks on the Três Poderes headquarters, declared on Thursday 14th at the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) on 8 January that the Armed Forces acted to dissuade the scammers that day. “Given the facts presented, there is no way to conclude that there was inaction or omission on the part of the military,” he said.
Dutra was questioned from the beginning about the reasons why his battalion had not dismantled the coup camps in front of the army headquarters in Brasilia, as well as his motivations for preventing the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF) from making arrests on site. on the night of the invasion of the headquarters of the Three Powers.
The soldier claimed that the arrests were not made on the night of January 8 in the Urban Military Sector (SMU), where the Army headquarters is located, to avoid clashes and possible victims. “We have never prevented (arrests). We have worked extremely synergistically with public safety agencies,” he said.
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Also according to Dutra, the Office for Institutional Security (GS) contacted the Planalto Military Command (CMP) at 11:54 on January 8, requesting support to protect the Planalto Palace. At 12.30 a platoon designated by the then commander arrived at the headquarters of the federal executive. The general, however, did not explain why the group did not prevent the coup plotters from invading the building.
In April, Dutra was dismissed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) from his post as military commander of Planalto. The decision came amid accusations that the military had been negligent in fighting the invasions of January 8, when coup plotters seized and vandalized the Suprema, Planalto and Congress buildings in Praça dos Três Poderes. In the same month, the general testified before the Federal Police together with 80 other soldiers on the possible participation of the Armed Forces in the coup acts.
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Before appearing before the CPMI, Dutra testified before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) into the anti-democratic acts of the Federal District Legislative Chamber (CLDF). At the time he reported that he had convinced President Lula to carry out the arrest operation against the coup plotters only the day after the invasion of the Três Poderes, on January 9th.
According to the military, Lula was angry and told them that the coup plotters were criminals and they should all be arrested. “I said: ‘President, no one has any doubts about this, we are all indignant, they will be arrested’. He repeated: ‘General, they are criminals, they must all be arrested’,” Dutra told the DF’s CPI. .
In his speech, Dutra said he never received a court order to dismantle the coup camp in front of the army headquarters until January 8. The general used the argument that the Court did not require the eviction of the campers and that, therefore, the Planalto Military Command could not demobilize the coup demonstration, with the risk of violating the right to protest.
Source: Terra
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