Dino says ‘extremist groups will not rule Brazil’

The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, expressed himself on his social networks this Saturday 7, regarding the violent demonstrations that have taken place in the country since the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in October. The minister said he had met with the directors general of the Federal Police (PF) and the Federal Traffic Police (PRF) to define “new measures” relating to what he called “undemocratic acts that may constitute federal crimes”.

Dino also faced the threat of a “war” that former President Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL) supporters were planning for this weekend in Brasilia, with disclosure on social networks, such as Telegram. The call would be for the organization of caravans and the summoning of people who have weapons.

“On an alleged ‘war’ that the anti-patriots say they want to wage in Brasilia, I have already sent the appropriate guidelines to the PF and PRF”, said the minister. Dino also informed that he had met with the governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, and the Minister of Defense, José Múcio Monteiro, to contain possible attacks.

Aggression and terrorism

Earlier this Saturday, Dino said there were “absurd assaults” on political acts in São Paulo and other cities, and stated that “freedom of expression does not cover physical assault, violent sabotage, coup of political status, etc.”. He also indicated that the constitutional task of dealing with these issues, initially, belongs to the local police. However, he clarified that the ministry is mobilized to act “when federal competence is characterized”.

Speaking of São Paulo, Dino referred to the acts of this Friday 6, when the Bolsonarists blocked a section of Avenida 23 de Maio, near the Congonhas airport, as well as carrying out acts in the regions of Avenidas Paulista and Angélica.

According to the Military Police of São Paulo, around 150 cars and 15 motorcycles gathered during an act in front of the South-East Military Command, near Avenida 23 de Maio, this Friday. “The vehicles made a procession through the streets of São Paulo, passing through Charles Miller Square, Avenida Paulista, Avenida 23 de Maio and finally Avenida Washington Luís. Incidents involving the participants,” he said in a statement.

On Thursday 5, protesters attacked a 60-year-old photojournalist from the newspaper Nowadays, at a camp of Bolsonaro supporters in Belo Horizonte. The next day, the camp was dismantled by city hall crews.

The events in Belo Horizonte and São Paulo are just the most recent episodes in a wave of vandalism and terrorism that has also involved roadblocks in Mato Grosso – with protesters burning trucks and a car dealership post – and has reached its peak in Brasilia, during Lula’s diplomacy on December 12, when the Bolsonarists attempted to invade the headquarters of the Federal Police and set fire to buses and cars in the federal capital.

preventive detention

This Friday 6, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), decreed the preventive detention of four suspects for acts of vandalism that occurred in Brasilia on 12 December.

Joel Pires Santana, Klio Damião Hirano, Átila Franco de Mello and Samuel Barbosa Cavalcante had been temporarily arrested, with a period of five days, but with the transition to the preventive regime, the arrest of the four does not have a predetermined duration. Seven other suspects have also had their arrests decreed, but are on the run from the operation.

Moraes said the evidence collected indicates that the prisoners threatened President Lula and the ministers of the STF, “in an organized and coordinated manner, through attacks on public and private property, with the aim of preventing the regular exercise of constitutional powers.” .

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