Opposition calls for General Ramos to explain the coup threat.
Opposition lawmakers want Ramos to explain his statement in which he says that the "other side" cannot push its luck.
247 - The leaders of the PT, PDT, PSB, and PSOL parties have filed a request in the Chamber of Deputies for the Minister Chief of the Government Secretariat, General Luiz Eduardo Ramos, to be summoned to explain his statements to Veja magazine. This information comes from journalist Lauro Jardim of [newspaper name - missing from original text]. The Globe.
Opposition lawmakers want that Ramos, explain your statement. which states that the "other side" cannot push their luck.
In their request, the congressmen want clarification on what they consider to be a "veiled threat of a possible military coup in Brazil."
"It is outrageous and offensive to say that the Armed Forces, particularly the Army, are going to stage a coup, that the Armed Forces are going to break the democratic regime. The president himself never advocated a coup. Now, the other side also needs to understand the following: don't push your luck," the general stated.