Proximity to Villas Bôas is a school, says deputy about new Army commander – 01/23/2023 – Panel
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For Congresswoman Perpétua Almeida (PC do B-AC), member of the Chamber’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defense, the proximity of the new Army commander, Tomás Ribeiro Paiva, to former commander Eduardo Villas Bôas is a true school of how to deal with moments of crisis.
General Tomás was even quoted to assume command right at the beginning of the government, but the Minister of Defense, José Múcio, preferred to adopt the criterion of seniority.
At the time, there were already criticisms of this proximity. Tomás was the former commander’s chief of staff, it is attributed to him the publication of the tweet in which the then commander intimidated the Supreme Court not to grant habeas corpus that would avoid 580 days in jail for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), in 2018.
“General Tomás has experience in dealing with tensions. The period in which he worked with Villas Bôas was a real school. He showed in the later years that he has accumulated experience to deal with moments like this”, he evaluates.
She adds that the fact of having worked both with the former commander and with former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) —to whom he was aide-de-camp— gives the general the ability to move between different groups, a necessary skill for the bridge reconstruction at this time.
Among reserve generals heard by the Panel, there is a perception that the exchange may have been hasty, and that Lula could have waited to avoid stretching the rope with the Army. But even among these critics, the assessment is that former commander Júlio César de Arruda could have allowed the PM (Military Police) to enter the barracks on January 8 to demobilize the camp.
There is also a perception that there was a lack of political leverage to at least delay the appointment of Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, former assistant to former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), to command the 1⁰ Command Action Battalion , in Goiânia, as revealed by Sheet.
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