President complained that photo gallery of former presidents did not explain how each one was elected; 1st General of the Dictatorship of 1964 is now described as the articulator “of the coup of 1964”
At the request of the president (PT), the Planalto Palace began to declare in the photo gallery of former presidents who (1897-1967) was one of the main articulators of the 1964 military dictatorship.
“He was one of the main articulators of the 1964 military coup, who deposed President João Goulart. Through an indirect election he began to hold the position of President of the Republic on April 15, 1964”, It says that of the biographical and presidential history of Castelo Branco.
The change was made after Lula complained that the photo gallery did not explain how each one was elected. On January 9, in the images that are on the ground floor of the Executive’s headquarters, the petista said he would have to be said as each one was elected. He suggested that the generals were not elected by direct vote.
“People want to know when he ruled when he ruled. You have to tell here how people were elected, for the story to register, man. Otherwise, the story does not record,” he said.
Watch the moment Lula visited the gallery in January (3min5s):
Presidents of the following years of the military dictatorship period (1964-1985) are also described as participants in the coup.
Read the list and description of former presidents from 1964 to 1985:
- (1897-1967) – “He was one of the main articulators of the 1964 military coup, who deposed President João Goulart. Through an indirect election he began to hold the position of President of the Republic on April 15, 1964”;
- (1889-1969) – “He was one of the main articulators of the 1964 military coup, who deposed President João Goulart, and joined the supreme command of the revolution, alongside Brigadier Correia de Melo and Admiral Augusto Rademake”;
- (1905-1998) – “Participated in the 1964 military coup. During the Castelo Branco government he was commander of the IV Army (1964-1965)”;
- (1905-1985) – “On August 30, 1969, Artur da Costa e Silva was removed from the Presidency of the Republic, due to cerebral thrombosis. As the High Command of the Armed Forces feared the reopening of Congress and the suspension of the institutional acts in force, the Institutional Act No. 12 (AI-12) was issued on August 31, which prevented the possession of Vice-President Pedro Aleix Board of Ministers Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald, Navy, Aurelio de Lira Tavares, from the Army, and Márcio de Sousa and Melo, from Aeronautics ”;
- (1906-1991) – “On August 30, 1969, Artur da Costa e Silva was removed from the Presidency of the Republic, due to cerebral thrombosis. As the High Command of the Armed Forces feared the reopening of Congress and the suspension of the institutional acts in force, the Institutional Act No. 12 (AI-12) was issued on August 31, which prevented the possession of Vice-President Pedro Aleix Board of Ministers Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald, Navy, Aurelio de Lira Tavares, from the Army, and Márcio de Sousa and Melo, from Aeronautics ”;
- (1905-1985) – “Commander of the Black Needles Military Academy, supported the 1964 coup”;
- (1908-1996) – “Participated in the political-military movement that originated the 1964 coup, having been appointed head of the Military Office of President Castelo Branco (1964-1967)”;
- (1918-1999) – “During the Jânio Quadros government, he joined the General Secretariat of the National Security Council. He participated in the political-military movement that originated the 1964 coup, having been appointed head of the National Information Service Agency (SNI) in Rio de Janeiro (1964-1966).”
