Gleisi speaks of ‘insubordination’ of dismissed commander – 01/21/2023 – Politics

PT president Gleisi Hoffmann said on Saturday night (21) on social media that the now former army commander Júlio Cesar de Arruda adopted a posture of “inadmissible insubordination” in the face of attacks on democracy.

“President Lula acted once again with firmness to guarantee the Federal Constitution and the prerogatives of commander of the Armed Forces. The behavior of the former commander of the Army characterized inadmissible insubordination in the face of threats to democracy and of partisanship of the Force”, said Gleisi on the internet .

The change in the Army, the main one of the three Armed Forces, took place in the midst of an open crisis of confidence after the January 8 attacks in Brasília.

According to the president’s assistants, the decision was taken because Arruda showed no willingness to take immediate measures to reduce Lula’s distrust of Army soldiers after the invasion of the Planalto Palace and the headquarters of the STF (Federal Supreme Court) and Congress. .

“Democracy rejects any tutelage over the civil powers that emanate from the popular vote. There would be a crisis if President Lula had not acted in defense of the Constitution”, added Gleisi.

Arruda was reluctant to expose the Planalto Military Command, which at the very least failed on the 8th. He was also in command of the Force when the Army prevented the Military Police from carrying out arrests of vandals on January 8th, at the coup-acting camp in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.

According to reports by Lula’s allies and generals heard by Sheetthe last straw for dismissal was Arruda having resisted Múcio’s request that Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid be removed from command of an Army battalion in Goiânia (GO).

Cid was Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL) assistant and, as the Sheet revealed, came under the radar of the Federal Police after suspicious transactions were identified in the president’s office. The military is in the US with the former president.

On Friday (20), after the Metrópoles portal also reported on the investigations against Cid, Lula ordered Múcio that the lieutenant colonel be removed from his command role. The Defense Minister spoke to Arruda overnight and he reportedly resisted the order.