Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has dismissed the commander of the Army, General Júlio César de Arruda, apparently on account of his variations with the Government over the destiny of a colonel thought-about to be near former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Arruda’s substitute would be the present commander of the Southeast navy area, General Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva, in accordance with the Brazilian newspaper ‘Estadao’. The Army has confirmed the dismissal, however has not given any particular motive.
On Friday Arruda participated in a gathering with the Minister of Defense, José Múcio Monteiro, and the commanders of the Navy and the Air Force wherein there was reportedly a powerful stress as a result of Government’s intention to annul the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cesar Barbosa Cid, as commander of a battalion in Goiania. The one generally known as ‘Coronel Cid’ is taken into account very near Bolsonaro.
The Metropole portal reported on Friday that the Federal Supreme Court is investigating Cid and monetary and in-kind transactions carried out on behalf of Bolsonaro and the previous first girl, Michelle Bolsonaro.
Paiva has condemned the assault on the headquarters of the three public powers on January 8 in Brasilia. “We are going to proceed guaranteeing our democracy as a result of democracy presupposes freedom and particular person and public ensures. It is the regime of the individuals, of the alternation of energy, it’s the vote, it’s when the individuals vote and the results of the polls should be revered,” he stated after the assault.
Arruda would have prevented the entry of navy police into the Bolsonaro camp positioned for weeks earlier than the Army Headquarters that was the origin of the assault on the three powers.