The first session of the meeting on Thursday revealed the heated climate that is likely to characterize upcoming meetings of the CPMI, with heated exchanges between grassroots and opposition MPs.
The college has 180 days to investigate the coup actions and can submit its findings to the Attorney General’s Office to provide evidence for the criminal trial.
During the first session, Senator Eliziane Gama, who was appointed speaker, stated that there had been an attempted coup in the country, but the radicals had failed to carry it out.
Extremist supporters of defeated President Jair Bolsonaro enjoyed the establishment of camps under the guise of peaceful protests and free speech in cities, and in particular in Brasilia, against the outcome of October’s elections and the third-term seizure of power by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
However, on January 8, almost seven thousand Bolsonaro extremists (supporters of the former military who appropriated the yellow color of the flag) broke in and looted the premises of the National Congress, the Federal Court of Justice (STF) and the Planalto Palace. seat of power. Executive.
Gama stressed the importance of preserving democracy and assured that all present, whether grassroots or opposition, were against vandalism.
As Commission rapporteur, she announced that she would present a proposal for a work plan at the next College meeting, which would include definitions such as the dates and times of meetings, the timetable for testimonies and votes on motions.
He stressed the importance of the democratic process and reiterated that the proposed working agenda would be drawn up taking into account the opinion of the majority of Board members and with the inclusion of minorities.
According to MP Rogerio Correia, the CPMI will refute the lies of the Bolsonaristas blaming the victim of the coup that led to Brazilian democracy.
He assured that the commission, made up of 32 regular parliamentarians, including 16 senators and 16 deputies, with an equal number of deputies, had to find “the mastermind” of the anti-democratic attempt, which in this case: “Either it was.” Jair or it was Bolsonaro”.
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