Rocha asks to be able to testify before the federal police after the putsch files
MADRID, January 13 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has opened an investigation, at the request of the Attorney General’s Office, against the sacked Governor of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, for “negligence” in the attack on state institutions by a mob of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
In addition to Rocha, who was dismissed from his post by De Moraes himself for 90 days after the acts of violence on January 8, the former justice minister responsible for security in the capital was also included in the investigation. with Bolsonaro, Anderson Torres, who has an arrest warrant.
Fernando de Sousa Oliveira, former interim secretary of Brasilia’s public security, and Fábio Augusto Vieira, former commander of Brasilia’s military police, are also being investigated for “negligence” in the management of the attacks and “collusion” with those responsible.
In the Rocha case, De Moraes claims that he not only defended a bogus political protest in Brasilia – “knowing that the institutions would be attacked” – but also “ignored all calls from the other authorities” to enact a security plan.
“At such a delicate moment for Brazilian democracy, with anti-democratic acts taking place daily, with the occupation of the immediate vicinity of military spaces across the country and in Brasilia, ignorance or incompetence cannot be pleaded for willful and criminal omission,” said he points out from Moraes.
In the same decision, the Supreme Court judge also approved other demands from the Attorney General’s Office, such as that the Justice Department investigate possible crimes against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or that the new Brasilia Inspector, Ricardo Cappelli, should be able to assume responsibilities for the to be cleaned by safety officers.
For his part, Rocha, after filing an application with the Supreme Court, makes a voluntary statement to the Federal Police to clarify “all the circumstances” of the behavior of the Brasilia government during the events of Sunday January 8 .