Members of Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government ministries, outside the central core of Bolsonarism, avoid commenting on the arrest of General Walter Braga Netto, former Minister of the Civil House and Defense.
The report attempted to contact at least four former ministers from the most direct wing of the previous administration.
Only senator Ciro Nogueira (PP-PI) — former Civil House — returned: “Include me out of this”.
Among those who publicly spoke out is Senator Hamilton Mourão (Republicanos-RS). The.
“General Braga Netto does not represent any risk to public order and his arrest is nothing more than a new page in the violation of legal norms to which Brazil is subject,” he wrote on social media.
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Braga Netto was arrested at his residence in Rio de Janeiro.
In a statement in favor of preventive detention, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR).
According to the PGR, there is sufficient evidence “of the authorship and materiality of the heinous crimes committed by the defendants”.
The PF identified that the military man, Bolsonaro’s former aide-de-camp.
