Ex Brazilian VP, General Hamilton Mourão, says Lula government is acting amateurish, inhumanely, and illegally

Senator-elect and former VP Hamilton Mourão (Republicans-RS) criticized the action of the Federal Police, under the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist), to arrest about 1.2 thousand people in Brasilia.

In a post on Twitter on Tuesday, Jan. 10, the former vice president called the action “amateurish, inhumane and illegal” and consistent with the “Marxist-Leninist roots” of the PT government.

“The indiscriminate detention of more than 1,200 people, who are today confined in precarious conditions in the facilities of the Federal Police in Brasilia, shows that the new government, consistent with its Marxist-Leninist roots, acts in an amateurish, inhuman and illegal manner,” he wrote.

He also said that the detainees “expect quick actions from our parliamentarians in office and from fundamental human rights entities.

Mourão’s tougher speech comes after being criticized by the right for his end-of-term speech when, as vice president of Jair Bolsonaro (PL, right) – who had traveled to the United States – he spoke to the nation on Dec. 31.

In the official statement, in direct criticism of the then president, Mourão declared that “leaders who should reassure and unite the nation” let “silence or inopportune protagonism” create “a climate of chaos and social disintegration.

Não se pode banalizar as coisas.
Ato terrorista é aquele praticado por xenofobia, discriminação ou preconceito de raça, cor, etnia ou religião.
Nenhuma delas foi a força motriz que motivou os acontecimentos de Brasília.

— General Hamilton Mourão (@GeneralMourao) January 10, 2023

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