DF National Guard is a useless and redundant idea – 01/21/2023 – Elio Gaspari

The idea of ​​creating a National Guard to be in charge of the security of a specific area of ​​the Federal District could not be worse, as it was useless and redundant, in addition to being infamous.

It is useless and redundant because in Brasilia there are eight police forces, the Civil, the Military, the Federal, the Chamber, the Senate and one more for each Armed Force.

The idea would be to create a National Guard made up of people approved in a public tender. Nothing to do with militia, but the name refers to an institution created in the Empire. After the Paraguayan War, this guard began to be viewed with suspicion by many military personnel.

On November 9, 1889, a renowned politician and journalist published an article entitled “O Plano Contra a Pátria” (The Plan Against the Homeland), which excited the pride of the troops. In an exalted vivandagem, he said:

“The army will flow out, battalion by battalion, until the last soldier disappears from the capital of the empire, and Rio de Janeiro is left in the hands of the Count of Eu’s forces: the police, the civic guard, the National Guard” .

A week later, the troops deposed the emperor, banished him with his son-in-law and family, installing a marshal. The journalist was appointed Minister of Finance. His name was Rui Barbosa.

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