Gonçalves Dias was removed after medical treatment, and should be summoned to testify to explain GSI actions on January 8th.| Photo: Andre Borges/EFE

The chief minister of the Institutional Security Office (GSI), Marco Edson Gonçalves Dias, has temporarily withdrawn from his duties as of this Wednesday (19) due to health problems. According to a medical certificate issued by the Health Coordination of the Presidency of the Republic, he was seen by the department in the early afternoon with an “acute clinical picture and in need of medication and observation”, but without justifying the reason.

The document, signed by doctor João Luiz Henrique da Silveira, states that the minister must “have absences from commitments justified by health reasons on the present date”, but also without explaining the period of removal. The service took place on the same day that images of the internal security circuit of the Palácio do Planalto recorded on January 8 were made public, and which show Gonçalves Dias circulating among the invaders in the corridors of the building.

In addition to the images, the removal also occurs amid the possibility of the minister being summoned by opposition deputies to provide clarification on the actions of the GSI on the day of the invasion of the headquarters of the Executive Branch.