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Considered a candidate to chair the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on January 8th, Arthur Maia called the invasions "terrorist attacks."

The congressman also chaired the Chamber's (CCJ) during Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) presidency and did not address all the pro-Bolsonaro agendas that were desired by the former government.

Deputy Arthur Oliveira Maia (Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado)

247 - With his name being speculated to preside over the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on January 8th, Federal deputy Arthur Maia (União Brasil-BA) He is working behind the scenes to actually take over the position. And as the portal pointed out. MetropolisThe congressman even went so far as to classify the Bolsonaro supporters' invasions of the headquarters of the Three Branches of Government in Brasília earlier this year as "terrorist attacks."

Maia faces some resistance from the Presidential Palace, which would prefer an ally to preside over the Committee – something considered difficult. However, his name does not represent a catastrophic scenario for the government, given that the congressman presided over the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Chamber during Jair Bolsonaro's (PL) presidency and did not address all the pro-Bolsonaro agendas desired by the former government.

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Here's what the congressman wrote the day after the coup attempts of January 8th: "The violence and scale of the terrorist attacks that occurred yesterday against the buildings of the National Congress, the Supreme Federal Court, and the Presidential Palace are unprecedented in our republican history. I am submitting a bill today that includes in the list of terrorist crimes any action by groups or individuals that destroy or damage the headquarters of federal, state, or municipal powers. Brazil cannot tolerate this type of barbarity that diminishes us as a nation and threatens democracy."