Ministry of Defense defines replacement in command of the Presidential Guard Battalion

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Sources from the Ministry of Defense confirmed to the blog this Wednesday (25) that Lieutenant Colonel Nélio Moura Bertolino will assume command of the Presidential Guard Battalion. Bertolino will replace Colonel Paulo José Fernandes da Hora, who left early – he is being investigated in the wake of the invasion of the Planalto Palace on January 8. In addition to the absence of members of the Presidential Guard to protect Planalto, there is a video in which he argues with a military policeman who was trying to arrest the vandals. The departure of Paulo Jorge Fernandes da Hora from the battalion had already been defined since May 2022, but will be brought forward. Next April, he will begin a course in strategic studies in Spain. The Presidential Guard Battalion, a unit commanded by the colonel, is one of those responsible for security at the headquarters of the federal government. In interviews, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) criticized the ease with which vandals invaded and entered and remained in the Planalto Palace during the invasion.

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