Fávio Dino, the Minister of Justice and Public Security in the new government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has warned that «absurd» attempts to impose by force a coup attempt «will not prevail» in response to the seizure by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro of the Congress headquarters in Brasilia.
«That absurd attempt to impose their will by force will not be imposed. The Federal District Government affirms that there will be reinforcements and the forces at our disposal are working. I am at the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice,» said Dino, according to the newspaper ‘Folha de Sao Paulo’.
The president of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, also criticized the actions of the demonstrators and warned that «they must urgently suffer the rigor of the law».
«I have recently spoken by telephone with the governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, with whom I maintain permanent contact. The governor has informed me that he is concentrating the efforts of the entire police apparatus to control the situation,» Pacheco posted on social networks.
«The security forces of the Federal District and the Legislative Police of the Congress are participating in this action. I vehemently condemn these anti-democratic acts that must suffer the rigor of the law as a matter of urgency,» he added.
Meanwhile, the spokesman for the Government bloc in Congress, Randolfe Rodrigues, has advocated for the union of democrats in the face of this attack by «terrorists». «Criminal anti-democrats cannot walk freely. Intolerant people must not be tolerated. We expect the harsh application of the law to all those involved in these actions,» he said.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
