Brazilian government to punish protesters linked to possible military intervention

Brazil’s new Justice Minister Flávio Dino promised on Thursday “a ministry of peace and national pacification,” but assured that he would punish extremists (protesters) who call for a military coup.

In his presentation as the new head of Justice, Dino said that “the insults, attacks and attempts to intimidate the Judiciary of our country are in the past, replaced by harmony and dialogue.”

The new minister said he would try to make “everyone respond according to their actions and omissions.”

“It means not being afraid and having a firm voice when necessary. Democracy is not just the right; it is also the duty to defend oneself against those who want to destroy it , he commented, alluding to the extremists calling for a military coup to prevent Lula da Silva’s arrival at the presidency.”

According to him, “terrorist acts, crimes against the Democratic State of Law, incitement to animosity between the Armed Forces, the constitutional powers and civil institutions are very serious political crimes. They should not have bail, are imprescriptible and permanently on the Ministry’s table of Justice, in accordance with what is mandated by law”.

Dino also referred to the famous murder of Rio de Janeiro councilor Marielle Franco, known for defending minorities and social causes and who was shot dead in 2018 along with her driver and whose crime, which went around the world, has not yet been clarified.

Marielle’s sister, Anielle Franco, was chosen by President Lula da Silva as the new Minister of Racial Equality.

For Dino, solving the murder “is a matter of honor.”

“I told Minister Anielle and her mother that it is a matter of honor for the Brazilian State to undertake all possible and appropriate efforts, and the Federal Police will act like this, so that this crime is definitively resolved and we know who killed Marielle and who ordered her killed. that day in Rio de Janeiro,” he concluded.

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