The Brazilian Congress approved this Tuesday the federal intervention of Brasilia decreed on Sunday by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva so that the state assumes security powers after the assault on the headquarters of the three executive powers. Legislative and judicial.
The Senate has given the green light to the provision decreed by Lula with the vote against eight lawmakers who respond to Jair Bolsonaro, a day after the approval given by the Chamber of Deputies, where the followers of the former Brazilian president chose to leave before the vote.
“This anti-democratic minority does not represent the Brazilian people. That coup minority will not impose its will through barbarism, force and criminal acts,” Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco said, according to the Europa Press news agency.
The provision, voted on in a symbolic way, i.e. without using the electronic panel to count the votes, will be in force until the end of January.
While the Federal Intervention Order has the force of law since the president’s signature is affixed, It needs the approval of both houses of Congress. that you can allow or reject the text without changing it.
Thousands of Bolsonaro militants stormed the three-power headquarters in Brasilia on Sunday, after a two-month camp outside the army headquarters calling for a coup against the Lula government.
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