President Lula da Silva’s government suffered its first losses this Wednesday, just over three and a half months after being sworn in. General Gonçalves Dias, minister of the GSI Directorate of Institutional Security, resigned after the publication of images showing him helping Jair Bolsonaro’s radical allies, who invaded and destroyed the presidential palace on January 8.
On images posted this Wednesday CNN Brazil, the general who is in charge of both Lula’s security and the Planalto Palace, the President’s residence, and the Alvorada Palace, the official residence, can be seen walking and talking calmly with the extremists through the corridors of the captured palace. At another point, the general apparently points out to the invaders that in addition to the presidential palace, they invaded and destroyed the Congress and the Federal Supreme Court, demanding the overthrow of Lula and the return of Bolsonaro, where the building’s emergency exit is located, so that the invaders, considered STF terrorists, can flee if they arrive police.
Gonçalves Dias is one of the few generals very close to Lula who trusted him implicitly, even to the point of appointing him head of their personal security during the tumultuous 2022 presidential campaign. investigation, but the echoes of the images were so strong and negative that the soldier was forced to leave the government forever.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This Correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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