After the storming of the government district in Brasília, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio replaced Lula da Silva as the commander of the army. “Today, together with Defense Minister José Múcio, I spoke with General Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva, the new commander of the army,” Lula wrote on Twitter on Saturday (local time), wishing the new commander all the best with his work. Ribeiro Paiva, who succeeds Júlio César de Arruda, was previously commander of the Southeast Command in São Paulo. He said in a video this week that the election results must be respected to ensure democracy.
On January 8, supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro, who had just been replaced by Lula, stormed Congress, the seat of government and the Supreme Court in Brasília, causing extensive damage. About 1,500 sympathizers of the right-wing Bolsonaro have been arrested for the time being. Many do not want to recognize the victory of the new president Lula in the October elections. Because they suspect fraud due to the narrow election results, they repeatedly call for military intervention.
The left-wing politician Lula expressed the suspicion that the rioters, including members of the capital district’s army and federal police, had colluded during the storming of the capital district’s government district. Out of distrust, he had already relieved several dozen military personnel of their duties in the presidential residence and renewed the chief of police.
(yam/sda/dpa)
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