The event will also feature the participation of representatives from Congress and the Judiciary, as well as members of social movements
The heads of the Armed Forces will participate in the president’s act to remember the destruction caused by January 8th. The event will be held at Praça dos Três Poderes on Wednesday (January 8, 2025), starting at 9:30 am. The date marks 2 years since the attack.
O Poder360 found that squadron admiral Marcos Sampaio Olsen (Navy), general Tomás Paiva (Army) and air lieutenant brigadier Marcelo Damasceno (Aeronautics) will attend at Lula’s request. The idea is to give institutional symbolism to the act after the PF (Federal Police) report on an attempted coup d’état in 2022 indicated active participation by members of the Forces, including the High Command.
The 1st event will be held at Palácio do Planalto, with the reintegration and delivery of destroyed works of art. Then, at 10:30 am, there will be the unveiling of the work “As Mulatas” (1962), by Di Cavalcanti, damaged during the invasion.
There will also be a symbolic act with the participation of Lula. The ceremony foresees that the president will walk down the ramp of the Palácio do Planalto with members of the Three Powers, similar to the walk taken the day after the attacks in 2023.
In addition to the commanders of the Armed Forces and members of the Three Powers, representatives from Iphan (Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage), UFPEL (Federal University of Pelotas) and social movements will also participate in the ceremony.
In 2023, Lula an event to commemorate the 1st anniversary of the attack on the Three Powers.
PT DISCLOSE
The PT (Workers’ Party) published a video on its social networks calling for the act “in defense of democracy”, with the participation of representatives of the Three Powers, civil society, class and religious entities.
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🇧🇷 Take part in the embrace at Praça dos Três Poderes on 8/1, at 10am
Come embrace Democracy, together with Lula! Participate in the supra-partisan event with representatives of the Three Powers, civil society, class and religious entities for the two years since the coup attempts…
— PT Brasil (@ptbrasil)
January 8th
On January 8, 2023, extremists invaded the headquarters of the Three Powers, in Brasília. They vandalized buildings and broke glass, tables, chairs, computers, as well as overturning cabinets and damaging works of art. The estimate is that the loss to the treasury exceeded R$20 million.
In Congress, radicals broke windows, entered offices and set fire to the Green Room. In Planalto, the damage was greater. With the exception of Lula’s office, which is armored, almost all the rooms were invaded and had chairs and furniture thrown on the floor and damaged.
At the Supreme Court, the ministers’ chairs were ripped away and a coat of arms of the Republic was removed from the place and taken to the external area. The plenary was completely destroyed.
At least 265 people have already been arrested for involvement in the attack.
