Mauro Cid goes to the 8/1 CPI in uniform to testify – 07/11/2023 – Power

Former President Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL) chief aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid arrived at the CPI on January 8 in uniform to give testimony. Cid should be heard in public for the first time this Tuesday (11).

The expectation among members of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense was that Cid would not go to the commission in uniform. Despite being an active lieutenant colonel, the assessment is that going in official attire could lead the barracks even further into the crisis of the coup d’état.

Despite this, there are many career colleagues who show solidarity with him and unite in criticizing the methods of STF (Federal Supreme Court) Minister Alexandre de Moraes.

Another reason is the fact that his father, General Mauro Cid, was respected in the milieu. According to reports, the official is upset because he understands that the son was abandoned by the former president.

Cid has been arrested since May on suspicions surrounding the forgery of his vaccination card, his wife, Bolsonaro’s youngest daughter and the former president himself. Supreme Minister Cármen Lúcia understood that he should go to the session, but he could remain silent so as not to produce evidence against himself.

Even having been summoned to talk about the content of the messages exchanged after Lula’s victory —especially with Army Colonel Jean Lawand Júnior, who testified last month—, Cid may be the target of questions ranging from jewelry brought from Arabia Arabia to the purchases of former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro.

At the end of the government, the military even sent a member of the order help to Guarulhos airport in search of gifts seized by the Federal Revenue in 2021.

Mauro Cid should also be questioned about the suspicious transactions discovered by the Federal Police as a result of his breach of telematic and bank secrecy.

On this topic, among other points, parliamentarians should ask the origin of the money used by him and other orderlies to pay Michelle Bolsonaro’s bills and why transactions were carried out in cash and fractional withdrawals.