Brazilian Federal Police (PF) Found in former minister’s home Anderson Torres, Head of Justice and Public Safety under former President Jair Bolsonaro, A proposed decree to reverse the outcome of the elections won by the current president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The document found in the cabinet of the former minister during the search made by the Federal Police on Tuesday, argues that Article 136 of the Brazilian Constitution was used, according to the newspaper ‘Folha de Sao Paolo’.
Decree provided for the establishment of a State of Defense and the creation of a commission controlled by the government of Jair Bolsonaro, responsible for “verifying the relevance and legality of the electoral process”.
This clause is only activated when “public order or social peace” is “under serious and imminent threat of institutional instability”, but the aforementioned Brazilian source points out that the document found in the former minister’s home will be after the election celebration. would be unconstitutional.
“(…) The State of Defense was decided at the headquarters of the Supreme Electoral Court in Brasilia, Federal District, in order to guarantee the preservation or immediate re-establishment of justice and the correction of the election process for 2022 (…) serious consequences for public order and social peace in case of non-compliance or non-compliance. posing a threat, in terms of its suitability and legality” is included.
According to the newspaper ‘O Globo’, the police also confiscated a gun, notebook and a flash drive during the search.
“leaked out of context”
Former minister Anderson Torres explained that the decree was “leaked out of context”. Torres confirmed that the ministers had received “a wide variety of” documents and proposals, and that according to him, this draft would be in a pile of documents already put together. discarded. “This document was taken while I was not there and was leaked out of context, which has fueled false narratives against me,” Torres wrote in a series of messages on his profile on the social network Twitter. “We were the first ministry to submit management reports for the transition. I respect Brazilian democracy. I have a clear conscience about my role as minister,” he said.
Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes this week issued a search and arrest warrant against the former ministry portfolio holder, after Police pointed out that Federal District security officials “negligently and colluded” in controlling the offensive by US forces. After leaving the Brazilian Ministry, Torres became Federal District Minister of Public Safety, which he was sacked after Sunday’s anti-democratic actions.